Protocol Action: The Name Service Search Option for DHCP to Proposed Standard
The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Fri, 21 July 2000 17:13 UTC
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Subject: Protocol Action: The Name Service Search Option for DHCP to Proposed Standard
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:27:52 -0400
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The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'The Name Service Search Option for DHCP' <draft-ietf-dhc-nsso-05.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This document is the product of the Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Erik Nordmark and Thomas Narten. Technical Summary The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides a framework for passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP network. RFC 2132 allows DHCP servers to specify configuration information for various kinds of name services to be passed to DHCP clients. Many clients use multiple name services and have crafted their own conventions that allow an individual host to express the order among the various name services with which lookups are done. However, no search order can be specified via DHCP. The purpose of this document is to allow DHCP servers to specify the search order to be used by DHCP clients. Working Group Summary There was strong support in the WG for this option, and no issues were raised during last call. Protocol Quality This specification has been reviewed for the IESG by Thomas Narten.