Re: Why DHCP not for routers?
Shawn Mamros <mamros@ftp.com> Thu, 28 March 1996 13:59 UTC
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Subject: Re: Why DHCP not for routers?
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From: Shawn Mamros <mamros@ftp.com>
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>In the RFC1541 and the latest DHCP draft, it is mentioned that >" DHCP is not intended for configuring routers". > Can someone listout the problems if DHCP is used for >configuring a router? Your help will be highly appreciated. For starters, imagine the consequences if a router's lease on one (or more) of its interfaces expires... even better, if the DHCP server runs out of addresses and can't give one to the router... and what if the router itself is acting as a DHCP relay agent? There are some machines that are just simply too important to leave vulnerable to the possibilities of the various failure modes of dynamic configuration. Routers, mail servers, NFS servers, not to mention DHCP servers... :-) -Shawn Mamros E-mail to: mamros@ftp.com
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