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List:       dhcp-client
Subject:    Re: client identifier
From:       Ted Lemon <mellon () nominum ! com>
Date:       2003-07-05 6:19:21
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On Friday 04 July 2003 05:09, narasimha.nelakuditi@nokia.com wrote:
> Hi, If the client is setting "client identifier" but not "client hardware
> addr" in the messages that it is sending to server, server is supposed to
> identify  it with "client identifier". But as per RFC2131, server MUST NOT
> fill "client identifier" option in OFFER and ACK messages. If this is the
> case, how is client supposed to validate the response (as 'xid' alone is
> not sufficient)???

That's an excellent question.   I'd never thought about it.   I think you 
should re-ask the question on the dhcwg@ietf.org mailing list.   I think that 
there is no way to resolve this problem, unfortunately - although I think 
that this is an oversight in the protocol, it's hard to imagine it getting 
fixed at this late date.

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