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{{Infobox software
|name = UFTP
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|developer = Dennis Bush
|released = {{release date and age|2001|7|6}}
|latest release version = 5.0.3
|latest release date = {{release date|2023|12|17}}
|genre = [[File transfer]] ([[multicast]])
|license = [[GNU General Public License|GPLv3]]
|website = {{URL|uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net}}
}}
The '''UDP-based File Transfer Protocol''' ('''UFTP''') is a [[communication protocol]] designed to [[File transfer|transfer files]] to multiple recipients.<ref name="Mattmann">{{cite thesis |last=Mattmann |first=Christian Alan |date=December 2007 |title=Software Connectors for Highly Distributed and Voluminous Data-intensive Systems |type=Ph.D. dissertation |chapter=Connector Descriptions |publisher=[[University of Southern California]] |page=276 |oclc=857683455 |url=http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/Dissertation.pdf |access-date=2018-03-05}}</ref> To accomplish this, UFTP [[multicast]]s the files to recipients via the [[User Datagram Protocol]] (UDP). The [[reference implementation]] of UFTP is [[open-source software]] distributed under the [[GNU General Public License]] Version 3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net/ |title=UFTP - Encrypted UDP based FTP with multicast |last=Bush |first=Dennis |website=uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net |access-date=2018-03-05 |publisher=Dennis Bush |via=[[SourceForge]]}}</ref> The author of UFTP and its reference protocol is Dennis Bush.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.wireshark.org/Protocols/uftp |title=Encrypted UDP based FTP with multicast (UFTP) |website=Wireshark Wiki |access-date=2018-03-05}}</ref>
UFTP can perform effectively in a [[wide area network]] with high [[network delay]], as well as in [[communication satellite]] transmissions.<ref name="Mattmann"/>
Bush published a pre-release version of UFTP on July 6, 2001. After two more intermediate releases, version 1.0 was published on December 17, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net/Changes.txt |title=Changes |website=uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net |last=Bush |first=Dennis |publisher=Dennis Bush |via=SourceForge |access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> He based UFTP on the Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP), which was designed and developed at Starburst Communications.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcnj.edu/~bush/uftp.html |title=UFTP - UDP based FTP with multicast |website=UFTP homepage |last=Bush |first=Dennis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011008024023/http://www.tcnj.edu/~bush/uftp.html |archive-date=2001-10-08 |access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent |country=US |number=7710961 |status=patent |title=System and method for sending packets over a computer network |pubdate= |gdate=20 December 2011 |fdate=12 August 2010 |pridate=19 January 1995 |inventor=C. Kenneth Miller, Thomas Andresen, Thomas Gardner, Craig Michelson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White, Kary Robertson |assign1=Darby and Mohaine LLC |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US8081629B2/en}}</ref> In 1997 and 1998, Starburst had submitted [[Internet Draft|drafts]] of the MFTP specification to the [[Internet Engineering Task Force]], with a view to promoting adoption of the protocol.<ref>{{cite IETF |title=StarBurst Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) Specification |draft=draft-miller-mftp-spec-00 |page=1 |last=Miller |first=Kenneth |last2=Robertson |first2=Kary |last3=Tweedly |first3=Alex |last4=White |first4=Marc |date=January 1997 |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] |accessdate=2018-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite IETF |title=StarBurst Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) Specification |draft=draft-miller-mftp-spec-03 |page=1 |last=Miller |first=Kenneth |last2=Robertson |first2=Kary |last3=Tweedly |first3=Alex |last4=White |first4=Marc |date=April 1998 |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] |accessdate=2018-03-09}}</ref> Starburst later sold MFTP, along with their Omnicast file distribution software, to the Fantastic Corporation.{{cn|date=October 2022}} Stratacache, a [[digital signage]] company in the United States, announced in February 2004 that they had purchased the property from Fantastic.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.stratacache.com:80/news_omnicast_acquisition.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041212041324/http://www.stratacache.com/news_omnicast_acquisition.html |archive-date=2004-12-12 |title=Stratacache acquires OmniCast Dispatcher Product Lineand Business Unit from The Fantastic Corporation |date=February 4, 2004 |author=<!-- no by-line --> |location=Dayton |access-date=2018-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Comparison of file transfer protocols]]
* [[Point-to-multipoint communication]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite web |url=http://nuxref.com/2014/10/01/mass-file-distribution-using-multicasting/ |title=UFTP: Mass File Distribution Using Multicasting |last=Caron |first=Chris |date=1 October 2014 |website=nuxref.com |publisher=Chris Caron}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.aes.id.au/?page_id=12 |title=Wi-Fi Test Results |last=Scott |first=Andrew E. |website=aes.id.au |date=16 October 2006 |publisher=Andrew E. Scott}}
* {{cite IETF |title=StarBurst Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) Specification
|draft=draft-miller-mftp-spec-03 |last=Miller |first=Kenneth |last2=Robertson |first2=Kary |last3=Tweedly |first3=Alex |last4=White |first4=Mac |date=April 1998 |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]]}}
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
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