[dhcwg] [Errata Rejected] RFC2131 (7776)

RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> Tue, 23 April 2024 12:59 UTC

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Subject: [dhcwg] [Errata Rejected] RFC2131 (7776)
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The following errata report has been rejected for RFC2131,
"Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol".

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7776

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Status: Rejected
Type: Technical

Reported by: Imrane <sahsah.imrane@gmail.com>
Date Reported: 2024-01-23
Rejected by: Eric Vyncke (IESG)

Section: 4.3.1

Original Text
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Client identifier         MUST NOT     MUST NOT           MAY

Corrected Text
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Client identifier         MUST NOT     MUST NOT           MUST NOT

Notes
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In the "Options" list in Table 3 ("Fields and options used by DHCP server"), the "Client identifier" option has "MUST NOT" for both DHCPOFFER and DHCPACK; however, for DHCPNAK, it has "MAY".

"Client identifier" should be a "MUST NOT" for DHCPNAK as well. 

It seems that the field should only be used by a client and never by a server, and if that's true for the OFFER and ACK, then it should be even more correct for the NAK.

"Vendor class identifier" has a MAY for all three messages, so maybe it was a typo in the previous option because of the repetitive input in the next one.
 --VERIFIER NOTES-- 
RFC 6842 has addressed this problem with more information than a simple errata.

I.e., the problem in RFC 2131 exists indeed but has been fixed.

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RFC2131 (no draft string recorded)
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Title               : Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Publication Date    : March 1997
Author(s)           : R. Droms
Category            : DRAFT STANDARD
Source              : Dynamic Host Configuration
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG