Re: [dhcwg] Comments on draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-05

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Tue, 06 October 2009 19:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] Comments on draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-05
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On Oct 6, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Thomas Narten wrote:
> Would a resonable criteria be that multiple options are OK if you can
> process them in whatever order you find them easily, without having to
> go through the entire message and find other related options that must
> be processed together?

I'm a little puzzled by this particular concern.   Why is it a problem  
that you have to "go through the entire message" to find multiple  
instances of a particular option?