Re: [dhcwg] "Options" field

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Wed, 15 May 2002 21:09 UTC

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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:08:34 -0500
Subject: Re: [dhcwg] "Options" field
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Cc: 'Katia Linker' <KatiaL@radlan.com>, DHCP IETF mailing list <dhcwg@ietf.org>
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From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
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> The original poster did ask what the _maximum_ length the options field 
> may be (not the minimum), and he did mention that he already knew that the 
> minimum was 312 bytes.  That passage from the RFC does not mention the 
> maximum size, only the minimum size.  It does continue to say that if the 
> client can handle larger message sizes it should supply option 57 to 
> negotiate the larger sized packets.

On the contrary, the only size that section specifies is the maximum size.
    It says the field is variable length, and the maximum size a client has 
to be able to accept is 312 bytes of options (576 bytes total).   It is 
perfectly permissible to send fewer than 312 bytes of options.


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