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Python 3 asynchronous TFTP server.

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Py3tftp

Py3tftp is an asynchronous TFTP <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial_File_Transfer_Protocol>__ server written in Python 3.5. It was written for the pure joy of working with Python 3 and implements RFC 1350 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1350>__ (except mail mode), RFC 2347 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2347>__ (options), RFC 2348 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2348>__ (blksize option), RFC 2349 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2349>__ (timeout, tsize), and RFC 7440 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7440>__ (windowsize) for RRQ. Additionally, it supports block number roll over, so files of any size can be transferred over.

While a toy project, it does adhere to enough of the standards to be useful in real life.

Some Py3k stuff it uses: - asyncio - Transports and Protocols <https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-protocol.html>__ for networking. - asyncio - Tasks <https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#task>__ for spinning up extra handlers. - New unpacking methods <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0448/>__ - some sweet stuff right there (3.5+) - Tracebacks attached to exceptions <http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3109/>__ - woo! - Strings are now bytes because all text is unicode

Installation


::

   pip install py3tftp

Usage
~~~~~

Invoking pyt3tftp will start a server that will interact with the
current working directory - it will read and write files from it so
don’t run it in a place with sensitive files!

TFTP has no security features, except for its simplicity: - It won’t
overwrite files. - Won’t create non-existant directories. - Cannot write
outside of the directory it’s running from.

::

   usage: py3tftp [-h] [--host HOST] [-p PORT] [--ack-timeout ACK_TIMEOUT]
                      [--timeout TIMEOUT] [-l FILE_LOG] [-v] [--version]

   optional arguments:
     -h, --help            show this help message and exit
     --host HOST           IP of the interface the server will listen on.
                           Default: 0.0.0.0
     -p PORT, --port PORT  Port the server will listen on. Default: 9069. TFTP
                           standard-compliant port: 69 - requires superuser
                           privileges.
     --ack-timeout ACK_TIMEOUT
                           Timeout for each ACK of the lock-step. Default: 0.5.
     --timeout TIMEOUT     Timeout before the server gives up on a transfer and
                           closes the connection. Default: 3.
     -l FILE_LOG, --file-log FILE_LOG
                           Append output to log file.
     -v, --verbose         Enable debug-level logging.
     --version

Testing
^^^^^^^

I wrote some simple acceptance tests in ``tests/acceptance/*_test.py``.
The code is messy as it’s meant to be thrown away.

::

   # runs the server with python -m py3tftp
   # runs unittests under tests/
   # kills the server
   ./.travis/run.sh

Extending py3tftp
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The way that this module works is that there’s a subclass of
``BaseTFTPServerProtocol`` scheduled on the IO loop that listens for
incoming TFTP requests and decides what kind of ``BaseTFTPProtocol`` to
schedule on the IO loop to handle the incoming request.

The way this works in the default scenario is that
``TFTPServerProtocol`` listens to incoming requests. When a request
comes in, it selects either the ``WRQProtocol`` or the ``RRQProtocol``
to create a task in the IO loop and passes the request to the selected
protocol upon instantiation. From then on, the instantiated protocol
handles all of the communication with the client and the
*TFTPServerProtocol* goes back to listening for requests.

This amazing diagram illustrates the above process in the case of a RRQ
request:

.. figure:: tftp_graph.png
   :alt: py3tftp rrq process diagram

   py3tftp rrq process diagram

Extending py3tftp is as easy as:

-  Subclassing ``BaseTFTPServerProtocol``, mainly to implement the
   ``select_protocol`` method to select your custom protocol.
-  Subclassing either ``RRQProtocol`` or ``WRQProtocol`` to implement
   your own logic (new options, file handling, etc.) for standard WRQ
   and RRQ requests, OR…
-  Subclassing ``BaseTFTPProtocol`` to implement your own logic for a
   custom type of request.

Roadplan
^^^^^^^^

-  [STRIKEOUT:fix off-by-one blksize error ie. if you transfer a file
   1000 bytes long and set blksize to 1000 bytes, the server won’t ack
   it.]
-  [STRIKEOUT:Pull out file reader/writer from protocol classes].
-  [STRIKEOUT:Add tsize from RFC 2349] (added by schrd).
-  Add [STRIKEOUT:blksize], [STRIKEOUT:timeout], and tsize tests.
-  Possibly implement RFCs 906 and 951 for fun!
-  Refactor the code, get rid of some duplication, optimize some
   low-hanging fruit.

LICENSE
^^^^^^^

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016-2018 sirMackk

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
“Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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