Re: Node Req: Issue31: DHCPv6 text (ignore previous mails)

Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> Thu, 04 December 2003 11:44 UTC

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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:42:36 +0200
From: Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>
To: Tim Chown <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
cc: ipv6@ietf.org
Subject: Re: Node Req: Issue31: DHCPv6 text (ignore previous mails)
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Tim Chown wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 01:25:35PM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
> > 
> > Also, there are basically two versions of "DHCP": the one specified in 
> > RFC3315, and the "stateless DHCP", in IESG review at the moment.  It 
> > is not clear to which you're referring to here.
> 
> Does that matter to the client?

The sentences start basically like, "If the node implements DHCP, it 
MUST/SHOULD do foo".

Does a stateless DHCP count as implmenting DHCP?  Is stateless DHCP 
non-compliant with Node Requirements?

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Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
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