Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ?

Akihiro Tominaga <tomy@sfc.wide.ad.jp> Sat, 09 March 1996 01:50 UTC

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To: Mike.Carney@east.sun.com
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Subject: Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ?
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From: Akihiro Tominaga <tomy@sfc.wide.ad.jp>

From: Mike.Carney@East.Sun.COM (Mike Carney - Sun BOS Software)
Subject: Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ?
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 12:02:35 -0500

> Sorry, I disagree. If you send out packets less than 300bytes,
> and the relay agent dumps them on the floor, you don't have BOOTP/DHCP 
> services, period. The bootp spec is very specific about the packet size.

IMHO, 

	Sender SHOULD use packets greater than (or equal to) 300 bytes. 
	But Receiver SHOULD accept packtes less than 300 bytes.

What do you think ?
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			Akihiro Tominaga (tomy@sfc.wide.ad.jp)