Re: [dhcwg] WGLC: draft-ietf-dhc-leasequery-by-remote-id

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Wed, 29 September 2010 13:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] WGLC: draft-ietf-dhc-leasequery-by-remote-id
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On Sep 28, 2010, at 9:53 PM, "Pavan Kurapati" <pavan.kurapati@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have one question. If an option is requested in parameter-request
> list, should DHCP server return that option as a MUST? RFC 2132 is not
> worded very clearly in this respect. RFC 2132 says " The client MAY
> list the options in order of preference.  The DHCP
>   server is not required to return the options in the requested
> order, but MUST try to insert the requested options in the order
> requested by the client", but it doesnt say that DHCP server MUST
> return the options listed in the parameter request list?

The server doesn't have to return an option to the client if there's no option to return, regardless of the contents of the prl.