From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 27 22:56:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E38BA5EE for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:56:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from orthanc.ca (orthanc.ca [IPv6:2607:f2f8:abf8::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A91AF1078 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:56:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from minnie.bitsea.ca (minnie.bitsea.ca [IPv6:2604:8800:137::7]) (authenticated bits=0) by orthanc.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s1RMtwWw061458 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:56:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lyndon@orthanc.ca) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_BFB8C811-3750-4D45-9382-E9B147E96A28"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: BSD XXI Manifesto [mDNS proposal] From: Lyndon Nerenberg In-Reply-To: <1424978.vEyl8RcM2T@desktop.reztek> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:55:55 -0800 Message-Id: <6D589C89-941E-4F75-8050-C2366E709557@orthanc.ca> References: <1424978.vEyl8RcM2T@desktop.reztek> To: Matthew Rezny X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on orthanc.ca Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:56:06 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_BFB8C811-3750-4D45-9382-E9B147E96A28 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Feb 27, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Matthew Rezny wrote: > If IPv4LL is in active use, the DHCP=20 > client should continue to periodically look for a DHCP server and = obtain a=20 > lease without manual user intervention (which is unfortunately = required on=20 > both OS X and Windows, leading to sub-optimal experience in cases of = temporary=20 > unavailability of the DHCP server). That's not true for Mac OS. If you have an interface configured to use = DHCP, and the Mac is unable to renew the lease, it will automatically = configure a 169.254.x.y address on the interface. All the while it = continues its attempts to renew the DHCP lease and, once successful, = removes the 169.254.x.y address from the interface. --lyndon --Apple-Mail=_BFB8C811-3750-4D45-9382-E9B147E96A28 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTD8J7AAoJEG8PnXiV/JnUVMwP/AvCOrJb5X25JRezV0Q5+uyn E7RbSYxnPe/4BjiZ+WizUMLO6M5Gc+Yd7JDKRwxnR+ADCldJHK7M7s+ABgPSvULw yME2GGXd+qFj5CNXJtnPI8OCXlaaKjx+MiQaouPiwl4wr0yF6qEFbzLJnvGSf2VF hdsmIoT5iRen76mMmr3hTLUxq4bxnypI7NTJR/IDTdqy5BSIYNnaimrywFo82WOo EbObEbPc2EdcQTl1whVezRSOwaze1WwwRnRFnqbngid8PtT9pMG/AspxZbIeK1Tp KzG09HmcMiA+CL1WVDKbBN51I5OABUhgpR9KpbQOZf1zbx2IYz7vqQbthsksMpJo XlCIw2sfSL9SqGoCW45HCTh8548SZUeOVsVNzBtSUIQuEEl6uN/3HaFkVlkrvGug EFGsIekvDUa8ITp/ch66WcDXQYMLr5oyGEAD25V8ei89A2vo3gNMPKspgkWjDfJR tUXlXYWDOH3D9C+osEbLKr3CGkAtSsosjLS7as2huu/Fxx2C6HrerRvZerHMaLJj 7EACFdqdIhmqCXYW8r8kx8cQUKMSoNX61iKbMbDxue134DwaiCLO93xK9K6oINcf os6jXy2SplH7jnJpdYj8mbzIQ+zwyyIcaYnIzd4rNs5RuMZZ3lpd4PYP9Uv1Yfjm SjULKcMXXFiRZMWXs398 =fTc3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_BFB8C811-3750-4D45-9382-E9B147E96A28--