<s>
The	O
UDP-based	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
UFTP	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
communication	O
protocol	O
designed	O
to	O
transfer	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
to	O
multiple	O
recipients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
accomplish	O
this	O
,	O
UFTP	B-Protocol
multicasts	O
the	O
files	O
to	O
recipients	O
via	O
the	O
User	B-Protocol
Datagram	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
UDP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reference	O
implementation	O
of	O
UFTP	B-Protocol
is	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
Version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
author	O
of	O
UFTP	B-Protocol
and	O
its	O
reference	O
protocol	O
is	O
Dennis	O
Bush	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UFTP	B-Protocol
can	O
perform	O
effectively	O
in	O
a	O
wide	O
area	O
network	O
with	O
high	O
network	B-Protocol
delay	I-Protocol
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
communication	O
satellite	O
transmissions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bush	O
published	O
a	O
pre-release	O
version	O
of	O
UFTP	B-Protocol
on	O
July	O
6	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
based	O
UFTP	B-Protocol
on	O
the	O
Multicast	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
MFTP	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
at	O
Starburst	O
Communications	O
.	O
</s>
