Re: [dhcwg] "client identifier" in server replies

At 03:28 PM 7/8/2003, Thamer Al-Harbash wrote:

>...
>We already have the DHCP Hostname option. Clients can be
>configured to pass this option when the admnistrator expects high
>xid collisions. The DHCP server can also be configured to assign
>leases per the DHCP Hostname option. We just need to promote the
>use of the DHCP Hostname option to be used to counter this
>problem.
>
>Is this too kludgy?

Yes. IMHO

The part of this that relies on DHCP clients to provide different
host-name parameters violates the design goal of RFC 2131:

   1.6 Design goals

   The following list gives general design goals for DHCP.

      o DHCP should be a mechanism rather than a policy.  DHCP must
        allow local system administrators control over configuration
        parameters where desired; e.g., local system administrators
        should be able to enforce local policies concerning allocation
        and access to local resources where desired.

      o Clients should require no manual configuration.  Each client
        should be able to discover appropriate local configuration
        parameters without user intervention and incorporate those
        parameters into its own configuration.

      o Networks should require no manual configuration for individual
        clients.  Under normal circumstances, the network manager
        should not have to enter any per-client configuration
        parameters.

John

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