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Minimum length of DHCP packet ?

Akihiro Tominaga <tomy@sfc.wide.ad.jp> Fri, 08 March 1996 16:46 UTC

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From: Akihiro Tominaga <tomy@sfc.wide.ad.jp>

I remember that there was description about minimum length of DHCP
packets in old I-D.  But newest I-D doesn't specify minimum length.

DHCP message should be greater than 300 octets (= BOOTP Packet), is it
correct?  Or is it harmful to discard packets shorter than 300 octets?

Keio UNIV.
WIDE Project.
			Akihiro Tominaga (tomy@sfc.wide.ad.jp)

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