Re: dhcpcd and bootp.
Roy Marples
Sat Jan 17 01:05:02 2015
Hi Todd
On 17/01/2015 00:53, Blanchard, Todd wrote:
> Blacklisting is not a very good option for our scenario. Off-hand,
> the easiest solution I can think of is the 'opposite' of the require
> option.
>
> I can require option 51 (lease_time) to enforce DHCP-only (and
> exclude BOOTP).
>
> If I could require option 51 to *not* be present, it seems I could
> exclude DHCP in lieu of BOOTP (at least in this case). Lease time
> does not make much sense for BOOTP, although I have not looked at in
> great detail.
>
> I don't know how difficult that would be considering the design
> either.
It would be fairly easy to add a reject option to dhcpcd.conf.
I'm away for the weekend, but can look into adding it early next week.
If you feel you can patch in the meantime, go for it!
Thanks
Roy
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