Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ?
Eric Weber <weber@tungsten.seattle.geoworks.com> Fri, 08 March 1996 17:35 UTC
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From: Eric Weber <weber@tungsten.seattle.geoworks.com>
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To: Mike Carney - Sun BOS Software <Mike.Carney@east.sun.com>
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Subject: Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ?
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I did say that the client should send out at least 300 bytes to ensure that finicky relay agents don't dump it. I just don't see any reason why the relay agent or server should dump _incoming_ packets because of the packet size being small. If I'm missing something, please let me know. What is the advantage of refusing to accept an otherwise valid DHCP or BOOTP message if it is smaller than 300 bytes? In other words, why was the 300 byte requirement put into the RFC in the first place? -- Eric Weber weber@geoworks.com
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- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? Pratapa Reddy P.
- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? John Veizades
- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? Eric Weber
- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? Eric Weber
- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? Christopher Davis
- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? Shawn Mamros
- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? Mike Carney - Sun BOS Software
- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? Mike Carney - Sun BOS Software
- Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ? Akihiro Tominaga