Re: [dhcwg] recommendation on DHCP6 source port numbers

Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> Thu, 29 February 2024 18:39 UTC

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> No. I think that will mean folks will expect it and that is not the intent. I think the revised text is sufficient.

Why is that not the intent?
Do you know of any other UDP application that behaves the way were source and destination ports are not inverse of each other?
(apart from tunnels where they are used for load balancing).

O.