[dhcwg] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dhc-agent-vpn-id-02.txt

Looking  through this document, could someone explain what problem
this ID is solving?

In particular, it seems to me that DHCP servers/relay agents shouldn't
and don't need to understand about VPNs.  I.e., when a node joins the
network, it is assigned a VPN. This ID proposes that a relay agent
include a string or other identifier in the relay agent option to
indicate the VPN the client is assigned to. But, it seems to me that
the relay agent could just as easily be assigned an IP address on each
VPN, and then just stuff that address into the giaddr field of the
packets. This is normal DHC, using existing protocols and standards.
In this case, neither the relay agent nor the DHC server need to know
about VPNs in any way other than they already do. I.e, the giaddr
field indicates a VPN, and existing standard DHC config technique can
be used to assign addresses and other paramaters to the client.

What is it that I'm not understanding here?

Thomas
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