Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 21:32:37 -0500 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: brian@Awfulhak.org (Brian Somers), phoenix@calldei.com, netmonger@genesis.ispace.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp server side startup commands Message-ID: <199902130232.VAA59322@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Feb 1999 02:15:35 GMT." <199902130215.TAA27651@usr05.primenet.com> References: <199902130215.TAA27651@usr05.primenet.com>
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> > > To solve the problem, though: > > > > > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dhc-agent-options-05.txt > > > > > > The PPP server should obtain IP addresses via DHCP. > > > > Sounds a bit messy - does ppp have to manage the lease information (I > > haven't read the doc above yet) ? > > > > It's far easier & more manageable to ask ppp to assign a dynamic IP > > or point it at a radius server. > > The IETF DHC working group would prefer that all software that > obtains IP addresses from a pool use DHCP to do so. > > That includes RADIUS servers. This is just nonsense. Both DHCP and PPP IPCP are used to communicate addresses to end users; each has a particular application where it's most suited. RADIUS servers supply service information to a NAS box. In many cases, the RADIUS response from the server might return a static address (and associated route), or perhaps a token which causes an IP address to get allocated out of a pool. DHCP does not have rich enough semantics to be used as a database query mechanism for a RADIUS server to use. DHCP is for use by the end-system to discover configuration information and not as some sort of generalized query mechanism. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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