RE: Utility to limit client access to DHCP Server

Glenn Stump <stump@raleigh.ibm.com> Tue, 12 March 1996 14:06 UTC

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From: Glenn Stump <stump@raleigh.ibm.com>
To: "dhcp-v4@bucknell.EDU" <dhcp-v4@bucknell.edu>, "'SHAKLES@cliffy.polaroid.com'" <SHAKLES@cliffy.polaroid.com>
Subject: RE: Utility to limit client access to DHCP Server
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:35:59 -0500
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On Friday, March 08, 1996 11:19 AM, SHAKLES@cliffy.polaroid.com wrote:
> I'm looking for a server implementation that would allow me to put an access-
> list structure of ethernet addresses that would be check before the DHCP server 
> responds to a request.  
> 
> The rational behind this is I want to put some a DHCP server on the network for 
> our mobile users, but limit the use of the server to that small subset. If there 
> is a way to have the server check the MAC address before responding, that would 
> be great.  The big problem I have is a policy issue.  Even if a small group is 
> allowed to use the service, by word-of-mouth, it would start to be used by 
> everyone, thus eating up the allocated addresses.
> 
> Is there anyone that implements such a server?  Is this such a far out request?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Scott Shakley
> shakles@polaroid.com
> 
> 

Scott,  the IBM AIX and OS/2 WARP DHCP servers allows you to specify
what/how certain clients (i.e., MAC addresses) to get serviced and to 
optionally exclude/ignore all others. 
Regards,
  Glenn Stump
  IBM TCP/IP Networking Products
  Research Triangle Park, NC