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AFP: Apple Filling Protocol

Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), formerly AppleTalk Filing Protocol, is the protocol for communicating with AppleShare file servers. Built on top of ASP, it provided services for authenticating users (extensible to different authentication methods including two-way random-number exchange) and for performing operations specific to the Macintosh HFS filesystem.

 

 

 

 


Standard Organization

Apple

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