Hour 14. File Transfer and Access Utilities
What You'll Learn in This Hour:
FTP and TFTP
RCP
NFS
SMP
One of the greatest benefits of TCP/IP is that it provides a very flexible environment in which systems of many different types can communicate. Regardless of what hardware or operating systems are in use, two hosts on a TCP/IP network can talk to one another if they use the same protocols. Usually these hosts need access to special utilities as well.
File access and transfer is usually one of the biggest uses of any network. TCP/IP contains a couple of protocols that are used specifically for file access and transfer. Most operating systems also provide built-in utilities designed to take advantage of these protocols. This hour discusses three ...
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