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Date:      Sun, 1 Jun 2014 13:01:48 +0000
From:      John Howie <john@thehowies.com>
To:        "sthaug@nethelp.no" <sthaug@nethelp.no>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Patches for BOOTP/DHCP code to support Windows Server DHCP
Message-ID:  <0FF4F173-8D6A-4664-AA31-FB1BF28A7E74@thehowies.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140601.143033.41674928.sthaug@nethelp.no>
References:  <CFB0A140.426CB%john@thehowies.com> <20140601.082448.74710838.sthaug@nethelp.no> <CFB110B6.42746%john@thehowies.com>, <20140601.143033.41674928.sthaug@nethelp.no>

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Hi Steinar,

I could ask you to 'prove it', too, but I can easily check when I get back =
from my current travels :-)

It important to note that even if it does (as I think it does) it is NOT in=
 violation of the RFC. The RFC simply says that if a client wants something=
 it should ask for it, and not that a server cannot send the options unsoli=
cited.

Best regards,

John

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 1, 2014, at 19:30, "sthaug@nethelp.no" <sthaug@nethelp.no> wrote:

>> In short, no, I have no packet traces. Given that the DHCP code in the
>> FreeBSD boot loader and NFS subsystem does not request those options, bu=
t
>> that ISC-DHCP does provide them, I will go out on a limb and say that it
>> must be serving them without being asked if they are configured.
>=20
> In that case I'm afraid I must stand by my claim that you're wrong
> and ISC DHCP does *not* provide configured options unless the client
> asks for them.
>=20
> (And I have copious amounts of packet sniffer traces to prove this.)
>=20
> Not that this is particularly relevant to FreeBSD any more...
>=20
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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