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SY0-301 · Question #35

Which of the following is a difference between TFTP and FTP?

The correct answer is D. TFTP utilizes UDP and FTP uses TCP.. TFTP uses the connectionless UDP protocol for lightweight transfers, while FTP uses the connection-oriented TCP protocol.

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Question

Which of the following is a difference between TFTP and FTP?

Options

  • ATFTP is slower than FTP.
  • BTFTP is more secure than FTP.
  • CTFTP utilizes TCP and FTP uses UDP.
  • DTFTP utilizes UDP and FTP uses TCP.

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • C
    5% (1)
  • D
    89% (17)

Why each option

TFTP uses the connectionless UDP protocol for lightweight transfers, while FTP uses the connection-oriented TCP protocol.

ATFTP is slower than FTP.

TFTP is not inherently slower than FTP - for small transfers with no overhead it can be faster; FTP is generally faster for large authenticated transfers.

BTFTP is more secure than FTP.

TFTP has no authentication or encryption mechanism, making it significantly less secure than FTP, which at least supports username and password authentication.

CTFTP utilizes TCP and FTP uses UDP.

This reverses the correct protocol assignments - TFTP uses UDP, not TCP, and FTP uses TCP, not UDP.

DTFTP utilizes UDP and FTP uses TCP.Correct

TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) uses UDP port 69 because it is designed for simple, low-overhead transfers such as booting network devices where a full TCP handshake is unnecessary. FTP uses TCP ports 20 and 21 to ensure reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of files.

Concept tested: TFTP vs FTP transport protocol differences

Source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1350

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