Re: [dhcwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-dhc-option-guidelines-14.txt> (Guidelines for Creating New DHCPv6 Options) to Best Current Practice

Sten Carlsen <stenc@s-carlsen.dk> Thu, 10 October 2013 14:45 UTC

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On 10/10/13 16:39, Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Oct 10, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Sten Carlsen <stenc@s-carlsen.dk> wrote:
>> Thanks, I then assume the ISC server does. Would such a requirement be a way to settle the differences here?
> I don't think it should be done in this document, because this is really documenting best practices for protocol spec writers, not DHCP server implementors.
Right, it just occurred to me in this discussion.
>
> However, I think this behavior is worth recommending (indeed, there's a document I submitted a while back that could probably be turned to this purpose) but I don't think it can be required, because a really minimal DHCP server might not even do DNS resolution, and that ought to be allowed.
What about requiring that it does a fresh lookup, IF it has the server
specified as an FQDN? If it is only specified as an IP, obviously there
is no option for lookup.
As for the place to put it, I have no preference.
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Sten Carlsen

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