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Date:      Fri, 7 Mar 1997 19:26:19 GMT
From:      Frank Terhaar-Yonkers <fty@cisco.com>
To:        brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org, tbuswell@bio.bu.edu
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DHCP & 2.1.5-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <199703071926.TAA27423@fty-ss20.cisco.com>

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There is now a full blown ISC client - see below.
(Actually there is a newer tar file than referenced in the URL)

I also have a "lite" version based on the original dhclient.c and a
sh script.

- Frank

In reference to your message:

 >From bouncer-dhcpd-users@fugue.com  Thu Mar  6 09:45:27 1997
 >To: dhcpd-users@fugue.com
 >Subject: New snapshot...
 >Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 00:04:08 -0800
 >From: Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com>
 >
 >    *** From  -- To unsubscribe, see the end of this message. ***
 >
 >Several people had problems with the previous snapshot, and I also
 >discovered a couple of bugs last night, so I've made a new snapshot:
 >ftp://ftp.vix.com/pub/dhcp/dhcp-970306.tar.gz.
 >
 >I should mention that the snapshots I have been making this week are
 >capturing rapid changes in the dhcp programs in addition to capturing
 >bug fixes - when I had free time at Connectathon in between tests, I
 >spent it improving the guts of the DHCP code.
 >
 >For example, the code that sends acknowledgements for leases has been
 >significantly rewired in order to support pinging leases before
 >offering them and in order to support DNS updates.  The dispatch
 >engine has been modified so that it can dispatch to arbitrary protocol
 >engines, again to support ICMP Echo requests and DNS updates.
 >
 >The code appears to work - I can go through the whole protocol without
 >any trouble - but only testing in a high-load environment will reveal
 >any subtle problems I may have missed.   As usual, I would greatly
 >appreciate any such testing that people are willing to do, but please
 >don't boot your 911 emergency response system with these snapshots.
 >
 >Thanks!
 >
 >			       _MelloN_
 >
 >
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Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Engineering Services, W2 F3 5
7025 Kit Creek Road  PO Box 14987
Research Triangle Park,  North Carolina  27709
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