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+Network Working Group                                           R. Droms
+Request for Comments: 2131                           Bucknell University
+Obsoletes: 1541                                               March 1997
+Category: Standards Track
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+                  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
+
+Status of this memo
+
+   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
+   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
+   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
+   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
+   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
+
+Abstract
+
+   The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides a framework
+   for passing configuration information to hosts on a TCPIP network.
+   DHCP is based on the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) [7], adding the
+   capability of automatic allocation of reusable network addresses and
+   additional configuration options [19].  DHCP captures the behavior of
+   BOOTP relay agents [7, 21], and DHCP participants can interoperate
+   with BOOTP participants [9].
+
+Table of Contents
+
+   1.  Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
+   1.1 Changes to RFC1541. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
+   1.2 Related Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
+   1.3 Problem definition and issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
+   1.4 Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
+   1.5 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
+   1.6 Design goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
+   2.  Protocol Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
+   2.1 Configuration parameters repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
+   2.2 Dynamic allocation of network addresses . . . . . . . . . . . 12
+   3.  The Client-Server Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
+   3.1 Client-server interaction - allocating a network address. . . 13
+   3.2 Client-server interaction - reusing a  previously allocated
+       network address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
+   3.3 Interpretation and representation of time values. . . . . . . 20
+   3.4 Obtaining parameters with externally configured network
+       address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
+   3.5 Client parameters in DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
+   3.6 Use of DHCP in clients with multiple interfaces . . . . . . . 22
+   3.7 When clients should use DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
+   4.  Specification of the DHCP client-server protocol. . . . . . . 22
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+   4.1 Constructing and sending DHCP messages. . . . . . . . . . . . 22
+   4.2 DHCP server administrative controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
+   4.3 DHCP server behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
+   4.4 DHCP client behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
+   5.  Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
+   6.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
+   7.  Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
+   8.  Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
+   A.  Host Configuration Parameters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
+List of Figures
+   1. Format of a DHCP message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
+   2. Format of the 'flags' field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
+   3. Timeline diagram of messages exchanged between DHCP client and
+      servers when allocating a new network address. . . . . . . . . 15
+   4. Timeline diagram of messages exchanged between DHCP client and
+      servers when reusing a previously allocated network address. . 18
+   5. State-transition diagram for DHCP clients. . . . . . . . . . . 34
+List of Tables
+   1. Description of fields in a DHCP message. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
+   2. DHCP messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
+   3. Fields and options used by DHCP servers. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
+   4. Client messages from various states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
+   5. Fields and options used by DHCP clients. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
+
+1. Introduction
+
+   The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides configuration
+   parameters to Internet hosts.  DHCP consists of two components: a
+   protocol for delivering host-specific configuration parameters from a
+   DHCP server to a host and a mechanism for allocation of network
+   addresses to hosts.
+
+   DHCP is built on a client-server model, where designated DHCP server
+   hosts allocate network addresses and deliver configuration parameters
+   to dynamically configured hosts.  Throughout the remainder of this
+   document, the term "server" refers to a host providing initialization
+   parameters through DHCP, and the term "client" refers to a host
+   requesting initialization parameters from a DHCP server.
+
+   A host should not act as a DHCP server unless explicitly configured
+   to do so by a system administrator.  The diversity of hardware and
+   protocol implementations in the Internet would preclude reliable
+   operation if random hosts were allowed to respond to DHCP requests.
+   For example, IP requires the setting of many parameters within the
+   protocol implementation software.  Because IP can be used on many
+   dissimilar kinds of network hardware, values for those parameters
+   cannot be guessed or assumed to have correct defaults.  Also,
+   distributed address allocation schemes depend on a polling/defense
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+   mechanism for discovery of addresses that are already in use.  IP
+   hosts may not always be able to defend their network addresses, so
+   that such a distributed address allocation scheme cannot be
+   guaranteed to avoid allocation of duplicate network addresses.
+
+   DHCP supports three mechanisms for IP address allocation.  In
+   "automatic allocation", DHCP assigns a permanent IP address to a
+   client.  In "dynamic allocation", DHCP assigns an IP address to a
+   client for a limited period of time (or until the client explicitly
+   relinquishes the address).  In "manual allocation", a client's IP
+   address is assigned by the network administrator, and DHCP is used
+   simply to convey the assigned address to the client.  A particular
+   network will use one or more of these mechanisms, depending on the
+   policies of the network administrator.
+
+   Dynamic allocation is the only one of the three mechanisms that
+   allows automatic reuse of an address that is no longer needed by the
+   client to which it was assigned.  Thus, dynamic allocation is
+   particularly useful for assigning an address to a client that will be
+   connected to the network only temporarily or for sharing a limited
+   pool of IP addresses among a group of clients that do not need
+   permanent IP addresses.  Dynamic allocation may also be a good choice
+   for assigning an IP address to a new client being permanently
+   connected to a network where IP addresses are sufficiently scarce
+   that it is important to reclaim them when old clients are retired.
+   Manual allocation allows DHCP to be used to eliminate the error-prone
+   process of manually configuring hosts with IP addresses in
+   environments where (for whatever reasons) it is desirable to manage
+   IP address assignment outside of the DHCP mechanisms.
+
+   The format of DHCP messages is based on the format of BOOTP messages,
+   to capture the BOOTP relay agent behavior described as part of the
+   BOOTP specification [7, 21] and to allow interoperability of existing
+   BOOTP clients with DHCP servers.  Using BOOTP relay agents eliminates
+   the necessity of having a DHCP server on each physical network
+   segment.
+
+1.1 Changes to RFC 1541
+
+   This document updates the DHCP protocol specification that appears in
+   RFC1541.  A new DHCP message type, DHCPINFORM, has been added; see
+   section 3.4, 4.3 and 4.4 for details.  The classing mechanism for
+   identifying DHCP clients to DHCP servers has been extended to include
+   "vendor" classes as defined in sections 4.2 and 4.3.  The minimum
+   lease time restriction has been removed.  Finally, many editorial
+   changes have been made to clarify the text as a result of experience
+   gained in DHCP interoperability tests.
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+1.2 Related Work
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+   There are several Internet protocols and related mechanisms that
+   address some parts of the dynamic host configuration problem.  The
+   Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) [10] (through the
+   extensions defined in the Dynamic RARP (DRARP) [5]) explicitly
+   addresses the problem of network address discovery, and includes an
+   automatic IP address assignment mechanism.  The Trivial File Transfer
+   Protocol (TFTP) [20] provides for transport of a boot image from a
+   boot server.  The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) [16]
+   provides for informing hosts of additional routers via "ICMP
+   redirect" messages.  ICMP also can provide subnet mask information
+   through the "ICMP mask request" message and other information through
+   the (obsolete) "ICMP information request" message.  Hosts can locate
+   routers through the ICMP router discovery mechanism [8].
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+   BOOTP is a transport mechanism for a collection of configuration
+   information.  BOOTP is also extensible, and official extensions [17]
+   have been defined for several configuration parameters.  Morgan has
+   proposed extensions to BOOTP for dynamic IP address assignment [15].
+   The Network Information Protocol (NIP), used by the Athena project at
+   MIT, is a distributed mechanism for dynamic IP address assignment
+   [19].  The Resource Location Protocol RLP [1] provides for location
+   of higher level services.  Sun Microsystems diskless workstations use
+   a boot procedure that employs RARP, TFTP and an RPC mechanism called
+   "bootparams" to deliver configuration information and operating
+   system code to diskless hosts.  (Sun Microsystems, Sun Workstation
+   and SunOS are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.)  Some Sun
+   networks also use DRARP and an auto-installation mechanism to
+   automate the configuration of new hosts in an existing network.
+
+   In other related work, the path minimum transmission unit (MTU)
+   discovery algorithm can determine the MTU of an arbitrary internet
+   path [14].  The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) has been proposed
+   as a transport protocol for resource location and selection [6].
+   Finally, the Host Requirements RFCs [3, 4] mention specific
+   requirements for host reconfiguration and suggest a scenario for
+   initial configuration of diskless hosts.
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+1.3 Problem definition and issues
+
+   DHCP is designed to supply DHCP clients with the configuration
+   parameters defined in the Host Requirements RFCs.  After obtaining
+   parameters via DHCP, a DHCP client should be able to exchange packets
+   with any other host in the Internet.  The TCP/IP stack parameters
+   supplied by DHCP are listed in Appendix A.
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+   Not all of these parameters are required for a newly initialized
+   client.  A client and server may negotiate for the transmission of
+   only those parameters required by the client or specific to a
+   particular subnet.
+
+   DHCP allows but does not require the configuration of client
+   parameters not directly related to the IP protocol.  DHCP also does
+   not address registration of newly configured clients with the Domain
+   Name System (DNS) [12, 13].
+
+   DHCP is not intended for use in configuring routers.
+
+1.4 Requirements
+
+   Throughout this document, the words that are used to define the
+   significance of particular requirements are capitalized.  These words
+   are:
+
+      o "MUST"
+
+        This word or the adjective "REQUIRED" means that the
+        item is an absolute requirement of this specification.
+
+      o "MUST NOT"
+
+        This phrase means that the item is an absolute prohibition
+        of this specification.
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+      o "SHOULD"
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+        This word or the adjective "RECOMMENDED" means that there
+        may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore
+        this item, but the full implications should be understood and
+        the case carefully weighed before choosing a different course.
+
+      o "SHOULD NOT"
+
+        This phrase means that there may exist valid reasons in
+        particular circumstances when the listed behavior is acceptable
+        or even useful, but the full implications should be understood
+        and the case carefully weighed before implementing any behavior
+        described with this label.
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+      o "MAY"
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+        This word or the adjective "OPTIONAL" means that this item is
+        truly optional.  One vendor may choose to include the item
+        because a particular marketplace requires it or because it
+        enhances the product, for example; another vendor may omit the
+        same item.
+
+1.5 Terminology
+
+   This document uses the following terms:
+
+      o "DHCP client"
+
+      A DHCP client is an Internet host using DHCP to obtain
+      configuration parameters such as a network address.
+
+      o "DHCP server"
+
+      A DHCP server is an Internet host that returns configuration
+      parameters to DHCP clients.
+
+      o "BOOTP relay agent"
+
+      A BOOTP relay agent or relay agent is an Internet host or router
+      that passes DHCP messages between DHCP clients and DHCP servers.
+      DHCP is designed to use the same relay agent behavior as specified
+      in the BOOTP protocol specification.
+
+      o "binding"
+
+      A binding is a collection of configuration parameters, including
+      at least an IP address, associated with or "bound to" a DHCP
+      client.  Bindings are managed by DHCP servers.
+
+1.6 Design goals
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+   The following list gives general design goals for DHCP.
+
+      o DHCP should be a mechanism rather than a policy.  DHCP must
+        allow local system administrators control over configuration
+        parameters where desired; e.g., local system administrators
+        should be able to enforce local policies concerning allocation
+        and access to local resources where desired.
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+      o Clients should require no manual configuration.  Each client
+        should be able to discover appropriate local configuration
+        parameters without user intervention and incorporate those
+        parameters into its own configuration.
+
+      o Networks should require no manual configuration for individual
+        clients.  Under normal circumstances, the network manager
+        should not have to enter any per-client configuration
+        parameters.
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+      o DHCP should not require a server on each subnet.  To allow for
+        scale and economy, DHCP must work across routers or through the
+        intervention of BOOTP relay agents.
+
+      o A DHCP client must be prepared to receive multiple responses
+        to a request for configuration parameters.  Some installations
+        may include multiple, overlapping DHCP servers to enhance
+        reliability and increase performance.
+
+      o DHCP must coexist with statically configured, non-participating
+        hosts and with existing network protocol implementations.
+
+      o DHCP must interoperate with the BOOTP relay agent behavior as
+        described by RFC 951 and by RFC 1542 [21].
+
+      o DHCP must provide service to existing BOOTP clients.
+
+   The following list gives design goals specific to the transmission of
+   the network layer parameters.  DHCP must:
+
+      o Guarantee that any specific network address will not be in
+        use by more than one DHCP client at a time,
+
+      o Retain DHCP client configuration across DHCP client reboot.  A
+        DHCP client should, whenever possible, be assigned the same
+        configuration parameters (e.g., network address) in response
+        to each request,
+
+      o Retain DHCP client configuration across server reboots, and,
+        whenever possible, a DHCP client should be assigned the same
+        configuration parameters despite restarts of the DHCP mechanism,
+
+      o Allow automated assignment of configuration parameters to new
+        clients to avoid hand configuration for new clients,
+
+      o Support fixed or permanent allocation of configuration
+        parameters to specific clients.
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+2. Protocol Summary
+
+   From the client's point of view, DHCP is an extension of the BOOTP
+   mechanism.  This behavior allows existing BOOTP clients to
+   interoperate with DHCP servers without requiring any change to the
+   clients' initialization software.  RFC 1542 [2] details the
+   interactions between BOOTP and DHCP clients and servers [9].  There
+   are some new, optional transactions that optimize the interaction
+   between DHCP clients and servers that are described in sections 3 and
+   4.
+
+   Figure 1 gives the format of a DHCP message and table 1 describes
+   each of the fields in the DHCP message.  The numbers in parentheses
+   indicate the size of each field in octets.  The names for the fields
+   given in the figure will be used throughout this document to refer to
+   the fields in DHCP messages.
+
+   There are two primary differences between DHCP and BOOTP.  First,
+   DHCP defines mechanisms through which clients can be assigned a
+   network address for a finite lease, allowing for serial reassignment
+   of network addresses to different clients.  Second, DHCP provides the
+   mechanism for a client to acquire all of the IP configuration
+   parameters that it needs in order to operate.
+
+   DHCP introduces a small change in terminology intended to clarify the
+   meaning of one of the fields.  What was the "vendor extensions" field
+   in BOOTP has been re-named the "options" field in DHCP. Similarly,
+   the tagged data items that were used inside the BOOTP "vendor
+   extensions" field, which were formerly referred to as "vendor
+   extensions," are now termed simply "options."
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+   0                   1                   2                   3
+   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+   |     op (1)    |   htype (1)   |   hlen (1)    |   hops (1)    |
+   +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
+   |                            xid (4)                            |
+   +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+   |           secs (2)            |           flags (2)           |
+   +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+   |                          ciaddr  (4)                          |
+   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+   |                          yiaddr  (4)                          |
+   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+   |                          siaddr  (4)                          |
+   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+   |                          giaddr  (4)                          |
+   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+   |                                                               |
+   |                          chaddr  (16)                         |
+   |                                                               |
+   |                                                               |
+   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+   |                                                               |
+   |                          sname   (64)                         |
+   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+   |                                                               |
+   |                          file    (128)                        |
+   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+   |                                                               |
+   |                          options (variable)                   |
+   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+                  Figure 1:  Format of a DHCP message
+
+   DHCP defines a new 'client identifier' option that is used to pass an
+   explicit client identifier to a DHCP server.  This change eliminates
+   the overloading of the 'chaddr' field in BOOTP messages, where
+   'chaddr' is used both as a hardware address for transmission of BOOTP
+   reply messages and as a client identifier.  The 'client identifier'
+   is an opaque key, not to be interpreted by the server; for example,
+   the 'client identifier' may contain a hardware address, identical to
+   the contents of the 'chaddr' field, or it may contain another type of
+   identifier, such as a DNS name.  The 'client identifier' chosen by a
+   DHCP client MUST be unique to that client within the subnet to which
+   the client is attached. If the client uses a 'client identifier' in
+   one message, it MUST use that same identifier in all subsequent
+   messages, to ensure that all servers correctly identify the client.
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+   DHCP clarifies the interpretation of the 'siaddr' field as the
+   address of the server to use in the next step of the client's
+   bootstrap process.  A DHCP server may return its own address in the
+   'siaddr' field, if the server is prepared to supply the next
+   bootstrap service (e.g., delivery of an operating system executable
+   image).  A DHCP server always returns its own address in the 'server
+   identifier' option.
+
+   FIELD      OCTETS       DESCRIPTION
+   -----      ------       -----------
+
+   op            1  Message op code / message type.
+                    1 = BOOTREQUEST, 2 = BOOTREPLY
+   htype         1  Hardware address type, see ARP section in "Assigned
+                    Numbers" RFC; e.g., '1' = 10mb ethernet.
+   hlen          1  Hardware address length (e.g.  '6' for 10mb
+                    ethernet).
+   hops          1  Client sets to zero, optionally used by relay agents
+                    when booting via a relay agent.
+   xid           4  Transaction ID, a random number chosen by the
+                    client, used by the client and server to associate
+                    messages and responses between a client and a
+                    server.
+   secs          2  Filled in by client, seconds elapsed since client
+                    began address acquisition or renewal process.
+   flags         2  Flags (see figure 2).
+   ciaddr        4  Client IP address; only filled in if client is in
+                    BOUND, RENEW or REBINDING state and can respond
+                    to ARP requests.
+   yiaddr        4  'your' (client) IP address.
+   siaddr        4  IP address of next server to use in bootstrap;
+                    returned in DHCPOFFER, DHCPACK by server.
+   giaddr        4  Relay agent IP address, used in booting via a
+                    relay agent.
+   chaddr       16  Client hardware address.
+   sname        64  Optional server host name, null terminated string.
+   file        128  Boot file name, null terminated string; "generic"
+                    name or null in DHCPDISCOVER, fully qualified
+                    directory-path name in DHCPOFFER.
+   options     var  Optional parameters field.  See the options
+                    documents for a list of defined options.
+
+           Table 1:  Description of fields in a DHCP message
+
+   The 'options' field is now variable length. A DHCP client must be
+   prepared to receive DHCP messages with an 'options' field of at least
+   length 312 octets.  This requirement implies that a DHCP client must
+   be prepared to receive a message of up to 576 octets, the minimum IP
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+   datagram size an IP host must be prepared to accept [3].  DHCP
+   clients may negotiate the use of larger DHCP messages through the
+   'maximum DHCP message size' option.  The options field may be further
+   extended into the 'file' and 'sname' fields.
+
+   In the case of a client using DHCP for initial configuration (before
+   the client's TCP/IP software has been completely configured), DHCP
+   requires creative use of the client's TCP/IP software and liberal
+   interpretation of RFC 1122.  The TCP/IP software SHOULD accept and
+   forward to the IP layer any IP packets delivered to the client's
+   hardware address before the IP address is configured; DHCP servers
+   and BOOTP relay agents may not be able to deliver DHCP messages to
+   clients that cannot accept hardware unicast datagrams before the
+   TCP/IP software is configured.
+
+   To work around some clients that cannot accept IP unicast datagrams
+   before the TCP/IP software is configured as discussed in the previous
+   paragraph, DHCP uses the 'flags' field [21].  The leftmost bit is
+   defined as the BROADCAST (B) flag.  The semantics of this flag are
+   discussed in section 4.1 of this document.  The remaining bits of the
+   flags field are reserved for future use.  They MUST be set to zero by
+   clients and ignored by servers and relay agents.  Figure 2 gives the
+   format of the 'flags' field.
+
+                                    1 1 1 1 1 1
+                0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
+                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+                |B|             MBZ             |
+                +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+                B:  BROADCAST flag
+
+                MBZ:  MUST BE ZERO (reserved for future use)
+
+                Figure 2:  Format of the 'flags' field
+
+2.1 Configuration parameters repository
+
+   The first service provided by DHCP is to provide persistent storage
+   of network parameters for network clients.  The model of DHCP
+   persistent storage is that the DHCP service stores a key-value entry
+   for each client, where the key is some unique identifier (for
+   example, an IP subnet number and a unique identifier within the
+   subnet) and the value contains the configuration parameters for the
+   client.
+
+   For example, the key might be the pair (IP-subnet-number, hardware-
+   address) (note that the "hardware-address" should be typed by the
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+   type of hardware to accommodate possible duplication of hardware
+   addresses resulting from bit-ordering problems in a mixed-media,
+   bridged network) allowing for serial or concurrent reuse of a
+   hardware address on different subnets, and for hardware addresses
+   that may not be globally unique.  Alternately, the key might be the
+   pair (IP-subnet-number, hostname), allowing the server to assign
+   parameters intelligently to a DHCP client that has been moved to a
+   different subnet or has changed hardware addresses (perhaps because
+   the network interface failed and was replaced). The protocol defines
+   that the key will be (IP-subnet-number, hardware-address) unless the
+   client explicitly supplies an identifier using the 'client
+   identifier' option.           A client can query the DHCP service to
+   retrieve its configuration parameters.  The client interface to the
+   configuration parameters repository consists of protocol messages to
+   request configuration parameters and responses from the server
+   carrying the configuration parameters.
+
+2.2 Dynamic allocation of network addresses
+
+   The second service provided by DHCP is the allocation of temporary or
+   permanent network (IP) addresses to clients.  The basic mechanism for
+   the dynamic allocation of network addresses is simple: a client
+   requests the use of an address for some period of time.  The
+   allocation mechanism (the collection of DHCP servers) guarantees not
+   to reallocate that address within the requested time and attempts to
+   return the same network address each time the client requests an
+   address.  In this document, the period over which a network address
+   is allocated to a client is referred to as a "lease" [11].  The
+   client may extend its lease with subsequent requests.  The client may
+   issue a message to release the address back to the server when the
+   client no longer needs the address.  The client may ask for a
+   permanent assignment by asking for an infinite lease.  Even when
+   assigning "permanent" addresses, a server may choose to give out
+   lengthy but non-infinite leases to allow detection of the fact that
+   the client has been retired.
+
+   In some environments it will be necessary to reassign network
+   addresses due to exhaustion of available addresses.  In such
+   environments, the allocation mechanism will reuse addresses whose
+   lease has expired.  The server should use whatever information is
+   available in the configuration information repository to choose an
+   address to reuse.  For example, the server may choose the least
+   recently assigned address.  As a consistency check, the allocating
+   server SHOULD probe the reused address before allocating the address,
+   e.g., with an ICMP echo request, and the client SHOULD probe the
+   newly received address, e.g., with ARP.
+
+
+
+
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+
+3. The Client-Server Protocol
+
+   DHCP uses the BOOTP message format defined in RFC 951 and given in
+   table 1 and figure 1.  The 'op' field of each DHCP message sent from
+   a client to a server contains BOOTREQUEST. BOOTREPLY is used in the
+   'op' field of each DHCP message sent from a server to a client.
+
+   The first four octets of the 'options' field of the DHCP message
+   contain the (decimal) values 99, 130, 83 and 99, respectively (this
+   is the same magic cookie as is defined in RFC 1497 [17]).  The
+   remainder of the 'options' field consists of a list of tagged
+   parameters that are called "options".  All of the "vendor extensions"
+   listed in RFC 1497 are also DHCP options.  RFC 1533 gives the
+   complete set of options defined for use with DHCP.
+
+   Several options have been defined so far.  One particular option -
+   the "DHCP message type" option - must be included in every DHCP
+   message.  This option defines the "type" of the DHCP message.
+   Additional options may be allowed, required, or not allowed,
+   depending on the DHCP message type.
+
+   Throughout this document, DHCP messages that include a 'DHCP message
+   type' option will be referred to by the type of the message; e.g., a
+   DHCP message with 'DHCP message type' option type 1 will be referred
+   to as a "DHCPDISCOVER" message.
+
+3.1 Client-server interaction - allocating a network address
+
+   The following summary of the protocol exchanges between clients and
+   servers refers to the DHCP messages described in table 2.  The
+   timeline diagram in figure 3 shows the timing relationships in a
+   typical client-server interaction.  If the client already knows its
+   address, some steps may be omitted; this abbreviated interaction is
+   described in section 3.2.
+
+   1. The client broadcasts a DHCPDISCOVER message on its local physical
+      subnet.  The DHCPDISCOVER message MAY include options that suggest
+      values for the network address and lease duration.  BOOTP relay
+      agents may pass the message on to DHCP servers not on the same
+      physical subnet.
+
+   2. Each server may respond with a DHCPOFFER message that includes an
+      available network address in the 'yiaddr' field (and other
+      configuration parameters in DHCP options).  Servers need not
+      reserve the offered network address, although the protocol will
+      work more efficiently if the server avoids allocating the offered
+      network address to another client.  When allocating a new address,
+      servers SHOULD check that the offered network address is not
+
+
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+
+      already in use; e.g., the server may probe the offered address
+      with an ICMP Echo Request.  Servers SHOULD be implemented so that
+      network administrators MAY choose to disable probes of newly
+      allocated addresses.  The server transmits the DHCPOFFER message
+      to the client, using the BOOTP relay agent if necessary.
+
+   Message         Use
+   -------         ---
+
+   DHCPDISCOVER -  Client broadcast to locate available servers.
+
+   DHCPOFFER    -  Server to client in response to DHCPDISCOVER with
+                   offer of configuration parameters.
+
+   DHCPREQUEST  -  Client message to servers either (a) requesting
+                   offered parameters from one server and implicitly
+                   declining offers from all others, (b) confirming
+                   correctness of previously allocated address after,
+                   e.g., system reboot, or (c) extending the lease on a
+                   particular network address.
+
+   DHCPACK      -  Server to client with configuration parameters,
+                   including committed network address.
+
+   DHCPNAK      -  Server to client indicating client's notion of network
+                   address is incorrect (e.g., client has moved to new
+                   subnet) or client's lease as expired
+
+   DHCPDECLINE  -  Client to server indicating network address is already
+                   in use.
+
+   DHCPRELEASE  -  Client to server relinquishing network address and
+                   cancelling remaining lease.
+
+   DHCPINFORM   -  Client to server, asking only for local configuration
+                   parameters; client already has externally configured
+                   network address.
+
+                          Table 2:  DHCP messages
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+                Server          Client          Server
+            (not selected)                    (selected)
+
+                  v               v               v
+                  |               |               |
+                  |     Begins initialization     |
+                  |               |               |
+                  | _____________/|\____________  |
+                  |/DHCPDISCOVER | DHCPDISCOVER  \|
+                  |               |               |
+              Determines          |          Determines
+             configuration        |         configuration
+                  |               |               |
+                  |\             |  ____________/ |
+                  | \________    | /DHCPOFFER     |
+                  | DHCPOFFER\   |/               |
+                  |           \  |                |
+                  |       Collects replies        |
+                  |             \|                |
+                  |     Selects configuration     |
+                  |               |               |
+                  | _____________/|\____________  |
+                  |/ DHCPREQUEST  |  DHCPREQUEST\ |
+                  |               |               |
+                  |               |     Commits configuration
+                  |               |               |
+                  |               | _____________/|
+                  |               |/ DHCPACK      |
+                  |               |               |
+                  |    Initialization complete    |
+                  |               |               |
+                  .               .               .
+                  .               .               .
+                  |               |               |
+                  |      Graceful shutdown        |
+                  |               |               |
+                  |               |\ ____________ |
+                  |               | DHCPRELEASE  \|
+                  |               |               |
+                  |               |        Discards lease
+                  |               |               |
+                  v               v               v
+     Figure 3: Timeline diagram of messages exchanged between DHCP
+               client and servers when allocating a new network address
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+  3. The client receives one or more DHCPOFFER messages from one or more
+     servers.  The client may choose to wait for multiple responses.
+     The client chooses one server from which to request configuration
+     parameters, based on the configuration parameters offered in the
+     DHCPOFFER messages.  The client broadcasts a DHCPREQUEST message
+     that MUST include the 'server identifier' option to indicate which
+     server it has selected, and that MAY include other options
+     specifying desired configuration values.  The 'requested IP
+     address' option MUST be set to the value of 'yiaddr' in the
+     DHCPOFFER message from the server.  This DHCPREQUEST message is
+     broadcast and relayed through DHCP/BOOTP relay agents.  To help
+     ensure that any BOOTP relay agents forward the DHCPREQUEST message
+     to the same set of DHCP servers that received the original
+     DHCPDISCOVER message, the DHCPREQUEST message MUST use the same
+     value in the DHCP message header's 'secs' field and be sent to the
+     same IP broadcast address as the original DHCPDISCOVER message.
+     The client times out and retransmits the DHCPDISCOVER message if
+     the client receives no DHCPOFFER messages.
+
+  4. The servers receive the DHCPREQUEST broadcast from the client.
+     Those servers not selected by the DHCPREQUEST message use the
+     message as notification that the client has declined that server's
+     offer.  The server selected in the DHCPREQUEST message commits the
+     binding for the client to persistent storage and responds with a
+     DHCPACK message containing the configuration parameters for the
+     requesting client.  The combination of 'client identifier' or
+     'chaddr' and assigned network address constitute a unique
+     identifier for the client's lease and are used by both the client
+     and server to identify a lease referred to in any DHCP messages.
+     Any configuration parameters in the DHCPACK message SHOULD NOT
+     conflict with those in the earlier DHCPOFFER message to which the
+     client is responding.  The server SHOULD NOT check the offered
+     network address at this point. The 'yiaddr' field in the DHCPACK
+     messages is filled in with the selected network address.
+
+     If the selected server is unable to satisfy the DHCPREQUEST message
+     (e.g., the requested network address has been allocated), the
+     server SHOULD respond with a DHCPNAK message.
+
+     A server MAY choose to mark addresses offered to clients in
+     DHCPOFFER messages as unavailable.  The server SHOULD mark an
+     address offered to a client in a DHCPOFFER message as available if
+     the server receives no DHCPREQUEST message from that client.
+
+  5. The client receives the DHCPACK message with configuration
+     parameters.  The client SHOULD perform a final check on the
+     parameters (e.g., ARP for allocated network address), and notes the
+     duration of the lease specified in the DHCPACK message.  At this
+
+
+
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+
+     point, the client is configured.  If the client detects that the
+     address is already in use (e.g., through the use of ARP), the
+     client MUST send a DHCPDECLINE message to the server and restarts
+     the configuration process.  The client SHOULD wait a minimum of ten
+     seconds before restarting the configuration process to avoid
+     excessive network traffic in case of looping.
+
+     If the client receives a DHCPNAK message, the client restarts the
+     configuration process.
+
+     The client times out and retransmits the DHCPREQUEST message if the
+     client receives neither a DHCPACK or a DHCPNAK message.  The client
+     retransmits the DHCPREQUEST according to the retransmission
+     algorithm in section 4.1.  The client should choose to retransmit
+     the DHCPREQUEST enough times to give adequate probability of
+     contacting the server without causing the client (and the user of
+     that client) to wait overly long before giving up; e.g., a client
+     retransmitting as described in section 4.1 might retransmit the
+     DHCPREQUEST message four times, for a total delay of 60 seconds,
+     before restarting the initialization procedure.  If the client
+     receives neither a DHCPACK or a DHCPNAK message after employing the
+     retransmission algorithm, the client reverts to INIT state and
+     restarts the initialization process.  The client SHOULD notify the
+     user that the initialization process has failed and is restarting.
+
+  6. The client may choose to relinquish its lease on a network address
+     by sending a DHCPRELEASE message to the server.  The client
+     identifies the lease to be released with its 'client identifier',
+     or 'chaddr' and network address in the DHCPRELEASE message. If the
+     client used a 'client identifier' when it obtained the lease, it
+     MUST use the same 'client identifier' in the DHCPRELEASE message.
+
+3.2 Client-server interaction - reusing a previously allocated network
+    address
+
+   If a client remembers and wishes to reuse a previously allocated
+   network address, a client may choose to omit some of the steps
+   described in the previous section.  The timeline diagram in figure 4
+   shows the timing relationships in a typical client-server interaction
+   for a client reusing a previously allocated network address.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+   1. The client broadcasts a DHCPREQUEST message on its local subnet.
+      The message includes the client's network address in the
+      'requested IP address' option. As the client has not received its
+      network address, it MUST NOT fill in the 'ciaddr' field. BOOTP
+      relay agents pass the message on to DHCP servers not on the same
+      subnet.  If the client used a 'client identifier' to obtain its
+      address, the client MUST use the same 'client identifier' in the
+      DHCPREQUEST message.
+
+   2. Servers with knowledge of the client's configuration parameters
+      respond with a DHCPACK message to the client.  Servers SHOULD NOT
+      check that the client's network address is already in use; the
+      client may respond to ICMP Echo Request messages at this point.
+
+                Server          Client          Server
+
+                  v               v               v
+                  |                |               |
+                  |              Begins            |
+                  |          initialization        |
+                  |                |               |
+                  |                /|\             |
+                  |   _________ __/ | \__________  |
+                  | /DHCPREQU EST  |  DHCPREQUEST\ |
+                  |/               |              \|
+                  |                |               |
+               Locates             |            Locates
+            configuration          |         configuration
+                  |                |               |
+                  |\               |              /|
+                  | \              |  ___________/ |
+                  |  \             | /  DHCPACK    |
+                  |   \ _______    |/              |
+                  |     DHCPACK\   |               |
+                  |          Initialization        |
+                  |             complete           |
+                  |               \|               |
+                  |                |               |
+                  |           (Subsequent          |
+                  |             DHCPACKS           |
+                  |             ignored)           |
+                  |                |               |
+                  |                |               |
+                  v                v               v
+
+     Figure 4: Timeline diagram of messages exchanged between DHCP
+               client and servers when reusing a previously allocated
+               network address
+
+
+
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+
+      If the client's request is invalid (e.g., the client has moved
+      to a new subnet), servers SHOULD respond with a DHCPNAK message to
+      the client. Servers SHOULD NOT respond if their information is not
+      guaranteed to be accurate.  For example, a server that identifies a
+      request for an expired binding that is owned by another server SHOULD
+      NOT respond with a DHCPNAK unless the servers are using an explicit
+      mechanism to maintain coherency among the servers.
+
+      If 'giaddr' is 0x0 in the DHCPREQUEST message, the client is on
+      the same subnet as the server.  The server MUST
+      broadcast the DHCPNAK message to the 0xffffffff broadcast address
+      because the client may not have a correct network address or subnet
+      mask, and the client may not be answering ARP requests.
+      Otherwise, the server MUST send the DHCPNAK message to the IP
+      address of the BOOTP relay agent, as recorded in 'giaddr'.  The
+      relay agent will, in turn, forward the message directly to the
+      client's hardware address, so that the DHCPNAK can be delivered even
+      if the client has moved to a new network.
+
+   3. The client receives the DHCPACK message with configuration
+      parameters.  The client performs a final check on the parameters
+      (as in section 3.1), and notes the duration of the lease specified
+      in the DHCPACK message.  The specific lease is implicitly identified
+      by the 'client identifier' or 'chaddr' and the network address.  At
+      this point, the client is configured.
+
+      If the client detects that the IP address in the DHCPACK message
+      is already in use, the client MUST send a DHCPDECLINE message to the
+      server and restarts the configuration process by requesting a
+      new network address.  This action corresponds to the client
+      moving to the INIT state in the DHCP state diagram, which is
+      described in section 4.4.
+
+      If the client receives a DHCPNAK message, it cannot reuse its
+      remembered network address.  It must instead request a new
+      address by restarting the configuration process, this time
+      using the (non-abbreviated) procedure described in section
+      3.1.  This action also corresponds to the client moving to
+      the INIT state in the DHCP state diagram.
+
+      The client times out and retransmits the DHCPREQUEST message if
+      the client receives neither a DHCPACK nor a DHCPNAK message.  The
+      client retransmits the DHCPREQUEST according to the retransmission
+      algorithm in section 4.1.  The client should choose to retransmit
+      the DHCPREQUEST enough times to give adequate probability of
+      contacting the server without causing the client (and the user of
+      that client) to wait overly long before giving up; e.g., a client
+      retransmitting as described in section 4.1 might retransmit the
+
+
+
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+
+
+      DHCPREQUEST message four times, for a total delay of 60 seconds,
+      before restarting the initialization procedure.  If the client
+      receives neither a DHCPACK or a DHCPNAK message after employing
+      the retransmission algorithm, the client MAY choose to use the
+      previously allocated network address and configuration parameters
+      for the remainder of the unexpired lease.  This corresponds to
+      moving to BOUND state in the client state transition diagram shown
+      in figure 5.
+
+   4. The client may choose to relinquish its lease on a network
+      address by sending a DHCPRELEASE message to the server.  The
+      client identifies the lease to be released with its
+      'client identifier', or 'chaddr' and network address in the
+      DHCPRELEASE message.
+
+      Note that in this case, where the client retains its network
+      address locally, the client will not normally relinquish its
+      lease during a graceful shutdown.  Only in the case where the
+      client explicitly needs to relinquish its lease, e.g., the client
+      is about to be moved to a different subnet, will the client send
+      a DHCPRELEASE message.
+
+3.3 Interpretation and representation of time values
+
+   A client acquires a lease for a network address for a fixed period of
+   time (which may be infinite).  Throughout the protocol, times are to
+   be represented in units of seconds.  The time value of 0xffffffff is
+   reserved to represent "infinity".
+
+   As clients and servers may not have synchronized clocks, times are
+   represented in DHCP messages as relative times, to be interpreted
+   with respect to the client's local clock.  Representing relative
+   times in units of seconds in an unsigned 32 bit word gives a range of
+   relative times from 0 to approximately 100 years, which is sufficient
+   for the relative times to be measured using DHCP.
+
+   The algorithm for lease duration interpretation given in the previous
+   paragraph assumes that client and server clocks are stable relative
+   to each other.  If there is drift between the two clocks, the server
+   may consider the lease expired before the client does.  To
+   compensate, the server may return a shorter lease duration to the
+   client than the server commits to its local database of client
+   information.
+
+3.4 Obtaining parameters with externally configured network address
+
+   If a client has obtained a network address through some other means
+   (e.g., manual configuration), it may use a DHCPINFORM request message
+
+
+
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+
+   to obtain other local configuration parameters.  Servers receiving a
+   DHCPINFORM message construct a DHCPACK message with any local
+   configuration parameters appropriate for the client without:
+   allocating a new address, checking for an existing binding, filling
+   in 'yiaddr' or including lease time parameters.  The servers SHOULD
+   unicast the DHCPACK reply to the address given in the 'ciaddr' field
+   of the DHCPINFORM message.
+
+   The server SHOULD check the network address in a DHCPINFORM message
+   for consistency, but MUST NOT check for an existing lease.  The
+   server forms a DHCPACK message containing the configuration
+   parameters for the requesting client and sends the DHCPACK message
+   directly to the client.
+
+3.5 Client parameters in DHCP
+
+   Not all clients require initialization of all parameters listed in
+   Appendix A.  Two techniques are used to reduce the number of
+   parameters transmitted from the server to the client.  First, most of
+   the parameters have defaults defined in the Host Requirements RFCs;
+   if the client receives no parameters from the server that override
+   the defaults, a client uses those default values.  Second, in its
+   initial DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST message, a client may provide the
+   server with a list of specific parameters the client is interested
+   in.  If the client includes a list of parameters in a DHCPDISCOVER
+   message, it MUST include that list in any subsequent DHCPREQUEST
+   messages.
+
+   The client SHOULD include the 'maximum DHCP message size' option to
+   let the server know how large the server may make its DHCP messages.
+   The parameters returned to a client may still exceed the space
+   allocated to options in a DHCP message.  In this case, two additional
+   options flags (which must appear in the 'options' field of the
+   message) indicate that the 'file' and 'sname' fields are to be used
+   for options.
+
+   The client can inform the server which configuration parameters the
+   client is interested in by including the 'parameter request list'
+   option.  The data portion of this option explicitly lists the options
+   requested by tag number.
+
+   In addition, the client may suggest values for the network address
+   and lease time in the DHCPDISCOVER message.  The client may include
+   the 'requested IP address' option to suggest that a particular IP
+   address be assigned, and may include the 'IP address lease time'
+   option to suggest the lease time it would like.  Other options
+   representing "hints" at configuration parameters are allowed in a
+   DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST message.  However, additional options may
+
+
+
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+
+   be ignored by servers, and multiple servers may, therefore, not
+   return identical values for some options.  The 'requested IP address'
+   option is to be filled in only in a DHCPREQUEST message when the
+   client is verifying network parameters obtained previously. The
+   client fills in the 'ciaddr' field only when correctly configured
+   with an IP address in BOUND, RENEWING or REBINDING state.
+
+   If a server receives a DHCPREQUEST message with an invalid 'requested
+   IP address', the server SHOULD respond to the client with a DHCPNAK
+   message and may choose to report the problem to the system
+   administrator.  The server may include an error message in the
+   'message' option.
+
+3.6 Use of DHCP in clients with multiple interfaces
+
+   A client with multiple network interfaces must use DHCP through each
+   interface independently to obtain configuration information
+   parameters for those separate interfaces.
+
+3.7 When clients should use DHCP
+
+   A client SHOULD use DHCP to reacquire or verify its IP address and
+   network parameters whenever the local network parameters may have
+   changed; e.g., at system boot time or after a disconnection from the
+   local network, as the local network configuration may change without
+   the client's or user's knowledge.
+
+   If a client has knowledge of a previous network address and is unable
+   to contact a local DHCP server, the client may continue to use the
+   previous network address until the lease for that address expires.
+   If the lease expires before the client can contact a DHCP server, the
+   client must immediately discontinue use of the previous network
+   address and may inform local users of the problem.
+
+4. Specification of the DHCP client-server protocol
+
+   In this section, we assume that a DHCP server has a block of network
+   addresses from which it can satisfy requests for new addresses.  Each
+   server also maintains a database of allocated addresses and leases in
+   local permanent storage.
+
+4.1 Constructing and sending DHCP messages
+
+   DHCP clients and servers both construct DHCP messages by filling in
+   fields in the fixed format section of the message and appending
+   tagged data items in the variable length option area.  The options
+   area includes first a four-octet 'magic cookie' (which was described
+   in section 3), followed by the options.  The last option must always
+
+
+
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+
+   be the 'end' option.
+
+   DHCP uses UDP as its transport protocol.  DHCP messages from a client
+   to a server are sent to the 'DHCP server' port (67), and DHCP
+   messages from a server to a client are sent to the 'DHCP client' port
+   (68). A server with multiple network address (e.g., a multi-homed
+   host) MAY use any of its network addresses in outgoing DHCP messages.
+
+   The 'server identifier' field is used both to identify a DHCP server
+   in a DHCP message and as a destination address from clients to
+   servers.  A server with multiple network addresses MUST be prepared
+   to to accept any of its network addresses as identifying that server
+   in a DHCP message.  To accommodate potentially incomplete network
+   connectivity, a server MUST choose an address as a 'server
+   identifier' that, to the best of the server's knowledge, is reachable
+   from the client.  For example, if the DHCP server and the DHCP client
+   are connected to the same subnet (i.e., the 'giaddr' field in the
+   message from the client is zero), the server SHOULD select the IP
+   address the server is using for communication on that subnet as the
+   'server identifier'.  If the server is using multiple IP addresses on
+   that subnet, any such address may be used.  If the server has
+   received a message through a DHCP relay agent, the server SHOULD
+   choose an address from the interface on which the message was
+   recieved as the 'server identifier' (unless the server has other,
+   better information on which to make its choice).  DHCP clients MUST
+   use the IP address provided in the 'server identifier' option for any
+   unicast requests to the DHCP server.
+
+   DHCP messages broadcast by a client prior to that client obtaining
+   its IP address must have the source address field in the IP header
+   set to 0.
+
+   If the 'giaddr' field in a DHCP message from a client is non-zero,
+   the server sends any return messages to the 'DHCP server' port on the
+   BOOTP relay agent whose address appears in 'giaddr'. If the 'giaddr'
+   field is zero and the 'ciaddr' field is nonzero, then the server
+   unicasts DHCPOFFER and DHCPACK messages to the address in 'ciaddr'.
+   If 'giaddr' is zero and 'ciaddr' is zero, and the broadcast bit is
+   set, then the server broadcasts DHCPOFFER and DHCPACK messages to
+   0xffffffff. If the broadcast bit is not set and 'giaddr' is zero and
+   'ciaddr' is zero, then the server unicasts DHCPOFFER and DHCPACK
+   messages to the client's hardware address and 'yiaddr' address.  In
+   all cases, when 'giaddr' is zero, the server broadcasts any DHCPNAK
+   messages to 0xffffffff.
+
+   If the options in a DHCP message extend into the 'sname' and 'file'
+   fields, the 'option overload' option MUST appear in the 'options'
+   field, with value 1, 2 or 3, as specified in RFC 1533.  If the
+
+
+
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+
+
+   'option overload' option is present in the 'options' field, the
+   options in the 'options' field MUST be terminated by an 'end' option,
+   and MAY contain one or more 'pad' options to fill the options field.
+   The options in the 'sname' and 'file' fields (if in use as indicated
+   by the 'options overload' option) MUST begin with the first octet of
+   the field, MUST be terminated by an 'end' option, and MUST be
+   followed by 'pad' options to fill the remainder of the field.  Any
+   individual option in the 'options', 'sname' and 'file' fields MUST be
+   entirely contained in that field.  The options in the 'options' field
+   MUST be interpreted first, so that any 'option overload' options may
+   be interpreted.  The 'file' field MUST be interpreted next (if the
+   'option overload' option indicates that the 'file' field contains
+   DHCP options), followed by the 'sname' field.
+
+   The values to be passed in an 'option' tag may be too long to fit in
+   the 255 octets available to a single option (e.g., a list of routers
+   in a 'router' option [21]).  Options may appear only once, unless
+   otherwise specified in the options document.  The client concatenates
+   the values of multiple instances of the same option into a single
+   parameter list for configuration.
+
+   DHCP clients are responsible for all message retransmission.  The
+   client MUST adopt a retransmission strategy that incorporates a
+   randomized exponential backoff algorithm to determine the delay
+   between retransmissions.  The delay between retransmissions SHOULD be
+   chosen to allow sufficient time for replies from the server to be
+   delivered based on the characteristics of the internetwork between
+   the client and the server.  For example, in a 10Mb/sec Ethernet
+   internetwork, the delay before the first retransmission SHOULD be 4
+   seconds randomized by the value of a uniform random number chosen
+   from the range -1 to +1.  Clients with clocks that provide resolution
+   granularity of less than one second may choose a non-integer
+   randomization value.  The delay before the next retransmission SHOULD
+   be 8 seconds randomized by the value of a uniform number chosen from
+   the range -1 to +1.  The retransmission delay SHOULD be doubled with
+   subsequent retransmissions up to a maximum of 64 seconds.  The client
+   MAY provide an indication of retransmission attempts to the user as
+   an indication of the progress of the configuration process.
+
+   The 'xid' field is used by the client to match incoming DHCP messages
+   with pending requests.  A DHCP client MUST choose 'xid's in such a
+   way as to minimize the chance of using an 'xid' identical to one used
+   by another client. For example, a client may choose a different,
+   random initial 'xid' each time the client is rebooted, and
+   subsequently use sequential 'xid's until the next reboot.  Selecting
+   a new 'xid' for each retransmission is an implementation decision.  A
+   client may choose to reuse the same 'xid' or select a new 'xid' for
+   each retransmitted message.
+
+
+
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+
+
+   Normally, DHCP servers and BOOTP relay agents attempt to deliver
+   DHCPOFFER, DHCPACK and DHCPNAK messages directly to the client using
+   uicast delivery.  The IP destination address (in the IP header) is
+   set to the DHCP 'yiaddr' address and the link-layer destination
+   address is set to the DHCP 'chaddr' address.  Unfortunately, some
+   client implementations are unable to receive such unicast IP
+   datagrams until the implementation has been configured with a valid
+   IP address (leading to a deadlock in which the client's IP address
+   cannot be delivered until the client has been configured with an IP
+   address).
+
+   A client that cannot receive unicast IP datagrams until its protocol
+   software has been configured with an IP address SHOULD set the
+   BROADCAST bit in the 'flags' field to 1 in any DHCPDISCOVER or
+   DHCPREQUEST messages that client sends.  The BROADCAST bit will
+   provide a hint to the DHCP server and BOOTP relay agent to broadcast
+   any messages to the client on the client's subnet.  A client that can
+   receive unicast IP datagrams before its protocol software has been
+   configured SHOULD clear the BROADCAST bit to 0.  The BOOTP
+   clarifications document discusses the ramifications of the use of the
+   BROADCAST bit [21].
+
+   A server or relay agent sending or relaying a DHCP message directly
+   to a DHCP client (i.e., not to a relay agent specified in the
+   'giaddr' field) SHOULD examine the BROADCAST bit in the 'flags'
+   field.  If this bit is set to 1, the DHCP message SHOULD be sent as
+   an IP broadcast using an IP broadcast address (preferably 0xffffffff)
+   as the IP destination address and the link-layer broadcast address as
+   the link-layer destination address.  If the BROADCAST bit is cleared
+   to 0, the message SHOULD be sent as an IP unicast to the IP address
+   specified in the 'yiaddr' field and the link-layer address specified
+   in the 'chaddr' field.  If unicasting is not possible, the message
+   MAY be sent as an IP broadcast using an IP broadcast address
+   (preferably 0xffffffff) as the IP destination address and the link-
+   layer broadcast address as the link-layer destination address.
+
+4.2 DHCP server administrative controls
+
+   DHCP servers are not required to respond to every DHCPDISCOVER and
+   DHCPREQUEST message they receive.  For example, a network
+   administrator, to retain stringent control over the clients attached
+   to the network, may choose to configure DHCP servers to respond only
+   to clients that have been previously registered through some external
+   mechanism.  The DHCP specification describes only the interactions
+   between clients and servers when the clients and servers choose to
+   interact; it is beyond the scope of the DHCP specification to
+   describe all of the administrative controls that system
+   administrators might want to use.  Specific DHCP server
+
+
+
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+
+
+   implementations may incorporate any controls or policies desired by a
+   network administrator.
+
+   In some environments, a DHCP server will have to consider the values
+   of the vendor class options included in DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST
+   messages when determining the correct parameters for a particular
+   client.
+
+   A DHCP server needs to use some unique identifier to associate a
+   client with its lease.  The client MAY choose to explicitly provide
+   the identifier through the 'client identifier' option.  If the client
+   supplies a 'client identifier', the client MUST use the same 'client
+   identifier' in all subsequent messages, and the server MUST use that
+   identifier to identify the client.  If the client does not provide a
+   'client identifier' option, the server MUST use the contents of the
+   'chaddr' field to identify the client. It is crucial for a DHCP
+   client to use an identifier unique within the subnet to which the
+   client is attached in the 'client identifier' option.  Use of
+   'chaddr' as the client's unique identifier may cause unexpected
+   results, as that identifier may be associated with a hardware
+   interface that could be moved to a new client.  Some sites may choose
+   to use a manufacturer's serial number as the 'client identifier', to
+   avoid unexpected changes in a clients network address due to transfer
+   of hardware interfaces among computers.  Sites may also choose to use
+   a DNS name as the 'client identifier', causing address leases to be
+   associated with the DNS name rather than a specific hardware box.
+
+   DHCP clients are free to use any strategy in selecting a DHCP server
+   among those from which the client receives a DHCPOFFER message.  The
+   client implementation of DHCP SHOULD provide a mechanism for the user
+   to select directly the 'vendor class identifier' values.
+
+4.3 DHCP server behavior
+
+   A DHCP server processes incoming DHCP messages from a client based on
+   the current state of the binding for that client.  A DHCP server can
+   receive the following messages from a client:
+
+      o DHCPDISCOVER
+
+      o DHCPREQUEST
+
+      o DHCPDECLINE
+
+      o DHCPRELEASE
+
+      o DHCPINFORM
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+   Table 3 gives the use of the fields and options in a DHCP message by
+   a server.  The remainder of this section describes the action of the
+   DHCP server for each possible incoming message.
+
+4.3.1 DHCPDISCOVER message
+
+   When a server receives a DHCPDISCOVER message from a client, the
+   server chooses a network address for the requesting client.  If no
+   address is available, the server may choose to report the problem to
+   the system administrator. If an address is available, the new address
+   SHOULD be chosen as follows:
+
+      o The client's current address as recorded in the client's current
+        binding, ELSE
+
+      o The client's previous address as recorded in the client's (now
+        expired or released) binding, if that address is in the server's
+        pool of available addresses and not already allocated, ELSE
+
+      o The address requested in the 'Requested IP Address' option, if that
+        address is valid and not already allocated, ELSE
+
+      o A new address allocated from the server's pool of available
+        addresses; the address is selected based on the subnet from which
+        the message was received (if 'giaddr' is 0) or on the address of
+        the relay agent that forwarded the message ('giaddr' when not 0).
+
+   As described in section 4.2, a server MAY, for administrative
+   reasons, assign an address other than the one requested, or may
+   refuse to allocate an address to a particular client even though free
+   addresses are available.
+
+   Note that, in some network architectures (e.g., internets with more
+   than one IP subnet assigned to a physical network segment), it may be
+   the case that the DHCP client should be assigned an address from a
+   different subnet than the address recorded in 'giaddr'.  Thus, DHCP
+   does not require that the client be assigned as address from the
+   subnet in 'giaddr'.  A server is free to choose some other subnet,
+   and it is beyond the scope of the DHCP specification to describe ways
+   in which the assigned IP address might be chosen.
+
+   While not required for correct operation of DHCP, the server SHOULD
+   NOT reuse the selected network address before the client responds to
+   the server's DHCPOFFER message.  The server may choose to record the
+   address as offered to the client.
+
+   The server must also choose an expiration time for the lease, as
+   follows:
+
+
+
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+
+
+   o IF the client has not requested a specific lease in the
+     DHCPDISCOVER message and the client already has an assigned network
+     address, the server returns the lease expiration time previously
+     assigned to that address (note that the client must explicitly
+     request a specific lease to extend the expiration time on a
+     previously assigned address), ELSE
+
+   o IF the client has not requested a specific lease in the
+     DHCPDISCOVER message and the client does not have an assigned
+     network address, the server assigns a locally configured default
+     lease time, ELSE
+
+   o IF the client has requested a specific lease in the DHCPDISCOVER
+     message (regardless of whether the client has an assigned network
+     address), the server may choose either to return the requested
+     lease (if the lease is acceptable to local policy) or select
+     another lease.
+
+Field      DHCPOFFER            DHCPACK             DHCPNAK
+-----      ---------            -------             -------
+'op'       BOOTREPLY            BOOTREPLY           BOOTREPLY
+'htype'    (From "Assigned Numbers" RFC)
+'hlen'     (Hardware address length in octets)
+'hops'     0                    0                   0
+'xid'      'xid' from client    'xid' from client   'xid' from client
+           DHCPDISCOVER         DHCPREQUEST         DHCPREQUEST
+           message              message             message
+'secs'     0                    0                   0
+'ciaddr'   0                    'ciaddr' from       0
+                                DHCPREQUEST or 0
+'yiaddr'   IP address offered   IP address          0
+           to client            assigned to client
+'siaddr'   IP address of next   IP address of next  0
+           bootstrap server     bootstrap server
+'flags'    'flags' from         'flags' from        'flags' from
+           client DHCPDISCOVER  client DHCPREQUEST  client DHCPREQUEST
+           message              message             message
+'giaddr'   'giaddr' from        'giaddr' from       'giaddr' from
+           client DHCPDISCOVER  client DHCPREQUEST  client DHCPREQUEST
+           message              message             message
+'chaddr'   'chaddr' from        'chaddr' from       'chaddr' from
+           client DHCPDISCOVER  client DHCPREQUEST  client DHCPREQUEST
+           message              message             message
+'sname'    Server host name     Server host name    (unused)
+           or options           or options
+'file'     Client boot file     Client boot file    (unused)
+           name or options      name or options
+'options'  options              options
+
+
+
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+
+
+Option                    DHCPOFFER    DHCPACK            DHCPNAK
+------                    ---------    -------            -------
+Requested IP address      MUST NOT     MUST NOT           MUST NOT
+IP address lease time     MUST         MUST (DHCPREQUEST) MUST NOT
+                                       MUST NOT (DHCPINFORM)
+Use 'file'/'sname' fields MAY          MAY                MUST NOT
+DHCP message type         DHCPOFFER    DHCPACK            DHCPNAK
+Parameter request list    MUST NOT     MUST NOT           MUST NOT
+Message                   SHOULD       SHOULD             SHOULD
+Client identifier         MUST NOT     MUST NOT           MAY
+Vendor class identifier   MAY          MAY                MAY
+Server identifier         MUST         MUST               MUST
+Maximum message size      MUST NOT     MUST NOT           MUST NOT
+All others                MAY          MAY                MUST NOT
+
+           Table 3:  Fields and options used by DHCP servers
+
+   Once the network address and lease have been determined, the server
+   constructs a DHCPOFFER message with the offered configuration
+   parameters.  It is important for all DHCP servers to return the same
+   parameters (with the possible exception of a newly allocated network
+   address) to ensure predictable client behavior regardless of which
+   server the client selects.  The configuration parameters MUST be
+   selected by applying the following rules in the order given below.
+   The network administrator is responsible for configuring multiple
+   DHCP servers to ensure uniform responses from those servers.  The
+   server MUST return to the client:
+
+   o The client's network address, as determined by the rules given
+     earlier in this section,
+
+   o The expiration time for the client's lease, as determined by the
+     rules given earlier in this section,
+
+   o Parameters requested by the client, according to the following
+     rules:
+
+        -- IF the server has been explicitly configured with a default
+           value for the parameter, the server MUST include that value
+           in an appropriate option in the 'option' field, ELSE
+
+        -- IF the server recognizes the parameter as a parameter
+           defined in the Host Requirements Document, the server MUST
+           include the default value for that parameter as given in the
+           Host Requirements Document in an appropriate option in the
+           'option' field, ELSE
+
+        -- The server MUST NOT return a value for that parameter,
+
+
+
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+
+
+     The server MUST supply as many of the requested parameters as
+     possible and MUST omit any parameters it cannot provide.  The
+     server MUST include each requested parameter only once unless
+     explicitly allowed in the DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor
+     Extensions document.
+
+   o Any parameters from the existing binding that differ from the Host
+     Requirements Document defaults,
+
+   o Any parameters specific to this client (as identified by
+     the contents of 'chaddr' or 'client identifier' in the DHCPDISCOVER
+     or DHCPREQUEST message), e.g., as configured by the network
+     administrator,
+
+   o Any parameters specific to this client's class (as identified
+     by the contents of the 'vendor class identifier'
+     option in the DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST message),
+     e.g., as configured by the network administrator; the parameters
+     MUST be identified by an exact match between the client's vendor
+     class identifiers and the client's classes identified in the
+     server,
+
+   o Parameters with non-default values on the client's subnet.
+
+   The server MAY choose to return the 'vendor class identifier' used to
+   determine the parameters in the DHCPOFFER message to assist the
+   client in selecting which DHCPOFFER to accept.  The server inserts
+   the 'xid' field from the DHCPDISCOVER message into the 'xid' field of
+   the DHCPOFFER message and sends the DHCPOFFER message to the
+   requesting client.
+
+4.3.2 DHCPREQUEST message
+
+   A DHCPREQUEST message may come from a client responding to a
+   DHCPOFFER message from a server, from a client verifying a previously
+   allocated IP address or from a client extending the lease on a
+   network address.  If the DHCPREQUEST message contains a 'server
+   identifier' option, the message is in response to a DHCPOFFER
+   message.  Otherwise, the message is a request to verify or extend an
+   existing lease.  If the client uses a 'client identifier' in a
+   DHCPREQUEST message, it MUST use that same 'client identifier' in all
+   subsequent messages. If the client included a list of requested
+   parameters in a DHCPDISCOVER message, it MUST include that list in
+   all subsequent messages.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+   Any configuration parameters in the DHCPACK message SHOULD NOT
+   conflict with those in the earlier DHCPOFFER message to which the
+   client is responding.  The client SHOULD use the parameters in the
+   DHCPACK message for configuration.
+
+   Clients send DHCPREQUEST messages as follows:
+
+   o DHCPREQUEST generated during SELECTING state:
+
+      Client inserts the address of the selected server in 'server
+      identifier', 'ciaddr' MUST be zero, 'requested IP address' MUST be
+      filled in with the yiaddr value from the chosen DHCPOFFER.
+
+      Note that the client may choose to collect several DHCPOFFER
+      messages and select the "best" offer.  The client indicates its
+      selection by identifying the offering server in the DHCPREQUEST
+      message.  If the client receives no acceptable offers, the client
+      may choose to try another DHCPDISCOVER message.  Therefore, the
+      servers may not receive a specific DHCPREQUEST from which they can
+      decide whether or not the client has accepted the offer.  Because
+      the servers have not committed any network address assignments on
+      the basis of a DHCPOFFER, servers are free to reuse offered
+      network addresses in response to subsequent requests.  As an
+      implementation detail, servers SHOULD NOT reuse offered addresses
+      and may use an implementation-specific timeout mechanism to decide
+      when to reuse an offered address.
+
+   o DHCPREQUEST generated during INIT-REBOOT state:
+
+      'server identifier' MUST NOT be filled in, 'requested IP address'
+      option MUST be filled in with client's notion of its previously
+      assigned address. 'ciaddr' MUST be zero. The client is seeking to
+      verify a previously allocated, cached configuration. Server SHOULD
+      send a DHCPNAK message to the client if the 'requested IP address'
+      is incorrect, or is on the wrong network.
+
+      Determining whether a client in the INIT-REBOOT state is on the
+      correct network is done by examining the contents of 'giaddr', the
+      'requested IP address' option, and a database lookup. If the DHCP
+      server detects that the client is on the wrong net (i.e., the
+      result of applying the local subnet mask or remote subnet mask (if
+      'giaddr' is not zero) to 'requested IP address' option value
+      doesn't match reality), then the server SHOULD send a DHCPNAK
+      message to the client.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+      If the network is correct, then the DHCP server should check if
+      the client's notion of its IP address is correct. If not, then the
+      server SHOULD send a DHCPNAK message to the client. If the DHCP
+      server has no record of this client, then it MUST remain silent,
+      and MAY output a warning to the network administrator. This
+      behavior is necessary for peaceful coexistence of non-
+      communicating DHCP servers on the same wire.
+
+      If 'giaddr' is 0x0 in the DHCPREQUEST message, the client is on
+      the same subnet as the server.  The server MUST broadcast the
+      DHCPNAK message to the 0xffffffff broadcast address because the
+      client may not have a correct network address or subnet mask, and
+      the client may not be answering ARP requests.
+
+      If 'giaddr' is set in the DHCPREQUEST message, the client is on a
+      different subnet.  The server MUST set the broadcast bit in the
+      DHCPNAK, so that the relay agent will broadcast the DHCPNAK to the
+      client, because the client may not have a correct network address
+      or subnet mask, and the client may not be answering ARP requests.
+
+   o DHCPREQUEST generated during RENEWING state:
+
+      'server identifier' MUST NOT be filled in, 'requested IP address'
+      option MUST NOT be filled in, 'ciaddr' MUST be filled in with
+      client's IP address. In this situation, the client is completely
+      configured, and is trying to extend its lease. This message will
+      be unicast, so no relay agents will be involved in its
+      transmission.  Because 'giaddr' is therefore not filled in, the
+      DHCP server will trust the value in 'ciaddr', and use it when
+      replying to the client.
+
+      A client MAY choose to renew or extend its lease prior to T1.  The
+      server may choose not to extend the lease (as a policy decision by
+      the network administrator), but should return a DHCPACK message
+      regardless.
+
+   o DHCPREQUEST generated during REBINDING state:
+
+      'server identifier' MUST NOT be filled in, 'requested IP address'
+      option MUST NOT be filled in, 'ciaddr' MUST be filled in with
+      client's IP address. In this situation, the client is completely
+      configured, and is trying to extend its lease. This message MUST
+      be broadcast to the 0xffffffff IP broadcast address.  The DHCP
+      server SHOULD check 'ciaddr' for correctness before replying to
+      the DHCPREQUEST.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+      The DHCPREQUEST from a REBINDING client is intended to accommodate
+      sites that have multiple DHCP servers and a mechanism for
+      maintaining consistency among leases managed by multiple servers.
+      A DHCP server MAY extend a client's lease only if it has local
+      administrative authority to do so.
+
+4.3.3 DHCPDECLINE message
+
+   If the server receives a DHCPDECLINE message, the client has
+   discovered through some other means that the suggested network
+   address is already in use.  The server MUST mark the network address
+   as not available and SHOULD notify the local system administrator of
+   a possible configuration problem.
+
+4.3.4 DHCPRELEASE message
+
+   Upon receipt of a DHCPRELEASE message, the server marks the network
+   address as not allocated.  The server SHOULD retain a record of the
+   client's initialization parameters for possible reuse in response to
+   subsequent requests from the client.
+
+4.3.5 DHCPINFORM message
+
+   The server responds to a DHCPINFORM message by sending a DHCPACK
+   message directly to the address given in the 'ciaddr' field of the
+   DHCPINFORM message.  The server MUST NOT send a lease expiration time
+   to the client and SHOULD NOT fill in 'yiaddr'.  The server includes
+   other parameters in the DHCPACK message as defined in section 4.3.1.
+
+4.3.6 Client messages
+
+   Table 4 details the differences between messages from clients in
+   various states.
+
+   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+   |              |INIT-REBOOT  |SELECTING    |RENEWING     |REBINDING |
+   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+   |broad/unicast |broadcast    |broadcast    |unicast      |broadcast |
+   |server-ip     |MUST NOT     |MUST         |MUST NOT     |MUST NOT  |
+   |requested-ip  |MUST         |MUST         |MUST NOT     |MUST NOT  |
+   |ciaddr        |zero         |zero         |IP address   |IP address|
+   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+              Table 4: Client messages from different states
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+4.4 DHCP client behavior
+
+   Figure 5 gives a state-transition diagram for a DHCP client.  A
+   client can receive the following messages from a server:
+
+         o DHCPOFFER
+
+         o DHCPACK
+
+         o DHCPNAK
+
+   The DHCPINFORM message is not shown in figure 5.  A client simply
+   sends the DHCPINFORM and waits for DHCPACK messages.  Once the client
+   has selected its parameters, it has completed the configuration
+   process.
+
+   Table 5 gives the use of the fields and options in a DHCP message by
+   a client.  The remainder of this section describes the action of the
+   DHCP client for each possible incoming message.  The description in
+   the following section corresponds to the full configuration procedure
+   previously described in section 3.1, and the text in the subsequent
+   section corresponds to the abbreviated configuration procedure
+   described in section 3.2.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+ --------                               -------
+|        | +-------------------------->|       |<-------------------+
+| INIT-  | |     +-------------------->| INIT  |                    |
+| REBOOT |DHCPNAK/         +---------->|       |<---+               |
+|        |Restart|         |            -------     |               |
+ --------  |  DHCPNAK/     |               |                        |
+    |      Discard offer   |      -/Send DHCPDISCOVER               |
+-/Send DHCPREQUEST         |               |                        |
+    |      |     |      DHCPACK            v        |               |
+ -----------     |   (not accept.)/   -----------   |               |
+|           |    |  Send DHCPDECLINE |           |                  |
+| REBOOTING |    |         |         | SELECTING |<----+            |
+|           |    |        /          |           |     |DHCPOFFER/  |
+ -----------     |       /            -----------   |  |Collect     |
+    |            |      /                  |   |       |  replies   |
+DHCPACK/         |     /  +----------------+   +-------+            |
+Record lease, set|    |   v   Select offer/                         |
+timers T1, T2   ------------  send DHCPREQUEST      |               |
+    |   +----->|            |             DHCPNAK, Lease expired/   |
+    |   |      | REQUESTING |                  Halt network         |
+    DHCPOFFER/ |            |                       |               |
+    Discard     ------------                        |               |
+    |   |        |        |                   -----------           |
+    |   +--------+     DHCPACK/              |           |          |
+    |              Record lease, set    -----| REBINDING |          |
+    |                timers T1, T2     /     |           |          |
+    |                     |        DHCPACK/   -----------           |
+    |                     v     Record lease, set   ^               |
+    +----------------> -------      /timers T1,T2   |               |
+               +----->|       |<---+                |               |
+               |      | BOUND |<---+                |               |
+  DHCPOFFER, DHCPACK, |       |    |            T2 expires/   DHCPNAK/
+   DHCPNAK/Discard     -------     |             Broadcast  Halt network
+               |       | |         |            DHCPREQUEST         |
+               +-------+ |        DHCPACK/          |               |
+                    T1 expires/   Record lease, set |               |
+                 Send DHCPREQUEST timers T1, T2     |               |
+                 to leasing server |                |               |
+                         |   ----------             |               |
+                         |  |          |------------+               |
+                         +->| RENEWING |                            |
+                            |          |----------------------------+
+                             ----------
+          Figure 5:  State-transition diagram for DHCP clients
+
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+
+4.4.1 Initialization and allocation of network address
+
+   The client begins in INIT state and forms a DHCPDISCOVER message.
+   The client SHOULD wait a random time between one and ten seconds to
+   desynchronize the use of DHCP at startup.  The client sets 'ciaddr'
+   to 0x00000000.  The client MAY request specific parameters by
+   including the 'parameter request list' option.  The client MAY
+   suggest a network address and/or lease time by including the
+   'requested IP address' and 'IP address lease time' options.  The
+   client MUST include its hardware address in the 'chaddr' field, if
+   necessary for delivery of DHCP reply messages.  The client MAY
+   include a different unique identifier in the 'client identifier'
+   option, as discussed in section 4.2.  If the client included a list
+   of requested parameters in a DHCPDISCOVER message, it MUST include
+   that list in all subsequent messages.
+
+   The client generates and records a random transaction identifier and
+   inserts that identifier into the 'xid' field.  The client records its
+   own local time for later use in computing the lease expiration.  The
+   client then broadcasts the DHCPDISCOVER on the local hardware
+   broadcast address to the 0xffffffff IP broadcast address and 'DHCP
+   server' UDP port.
+
+   If the 'xid' of an arriving DHCPOFFER message does not match the
+   'xid' of the most recent DHCPDISCOVER message, the DHCPOFFER message
+   must be silently discarded.  Any arriving DHCPACK messages must be
+   silently discarded.
+
+   The client collects DHCPOFFER messages over a period of time, selects
+   one DHCPOFFER message from the (possibly many) incoming DHCPOFFER
+   messages (e.g., the first DHCPOFFER message or the DHCPOFFER message
+   from the previously used server) and extracts the server address from
+   the 'server identifier' option in the DHCPOFFER message.  The time
+   over which the client collects messages and the mechanism used to
+   select one DHCPOFFER are implementation dependent.
+
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+
+Field      DHCPDISCOVER          DHCPREQUEST           DHCPDECLINE,
+           DHCPINFORM                                  DHCPRELEASE
+-----      ------------          -----------           -----------
+'op'       BOOTREQUEST           BOOTREQUEST           BOOTREQUEST
+'htype'    (From "Assigned Numbers" RFC)
+'hlen'     (Hardware address length in octets)
+'hops'     0                     0                     0
+'xid'      selected by client    'xid' from server     selected by
+                                 DHCPOFFER message     client
+'secs'     0 or seconds since    0 or seconds since    0
+           DHCP process started  DHCP process started
+'flags'    Set 'BROADCAST'       Set 'BROADCAST'       0
+           flag if client        flag if client
+           requires broadcast    requires broadcast
+           reply                 reply
+'ciaddr'   0 (DHCPDISCOVER)      0 or client's         0 (DHCPDECLINE)
+           client's              network address       client's network
+           network address       (BOUND/RENEW/REBIND)  address
+           (DHCPINFORM)                                (DHCPRELEASE)
+'yiaddr'   0                     0                     0
+'siaddr'   0                     0                     0
+'giaddr'   0                     0                     0
+'chaddr'   client's hardware     client's hardware     client's hardware
+           address               address               address
+'sname'    options, if           options, if           (unused)
+           indicated in          indicated in
+           'sname/file'          'sname/file'
+           option; otherwise     option; otherwise
+           unused                unused
+'file'     options, if           options, if           (unused)
+           indicated in          indicated in
+           'sname/file'          'sname/file'
+           option; otherwise     option; otherwise
+           unused                unused
+'options'  options               options               (unused)
+
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+Option                     DHCPDISCOVER  DHCPREQUEST      DHCPDECLINE,
+                           DHCPINFORM                     DHCPRELEASE
+------                     ------------  -----------      -----------
+Requested IP address       MAY           MUST (in         MUST
+                           (DISCOVER)    SELECTING or     (DHCPDECLINE),
+                           MUST NOT      INIT-REBOOT)     MUST NOT
+                           (INFORM)      MUST NOT (in     (DHCPRELEASE)
+                                         BOUND or
+                                         RENEWING)
+IP address lease time      MAY           MAY              MUST NOT
+                           (DISCOVER)
+                           MUST NOT
+                           (INFORM)
+Use 'file'/'sname' fields  MAY           MAY              MAY
+DHCP message type          DHCPDISCOVER/ DHCPREQUEST      DHCPDECLINE/
+                           DHCPINFORM                     DHCPRELEASE
+Client identifier          MAY           MAY              MAY
+Vendor class identifier    MAY           MAY              MUST NOT
+Server identifier          MUST NOT      MUST (after      MUST
+                                         SELECTING)
+                                         MUST NOT (after
+                                         INIT-REBOOT,
+                                         BOUND, RENEWING
+                                         or REBINDING)
+Parameter request list     MAY           MAY              MUST NOT
+Maximum message size       MAY           MAY              MUST NOT
+Message                    SHOULD NOT    SHOULD NOT       SHOULD
+Site-specific              MAY           MAY              MUST NOT
+All others                 MAY           MAY              MUST NOT
+
+             Table 5:  Fields and options used by DHCP clients
+
+   If the parameters are acceptable, the client records the address of
+   the server that supplied the parameters from the 'server identifier'
+   field and sends that address in the 'server identifier' field of a
+   DHCPREQUEST broadcast message.  Once the DHCPACK message from the
+   server arrives, the client is initialized and moves to BOUND state.
+   The DHCPREQUEST message contains the same 'xid' as the DHCPOFFER
+   message.  The client records the lease expiration time as the sum of
+   the time at which the original request was sent and the duration of
+   the lease from the DHCPACK message.    The client SHOULD perform a
+   check on the suggested address to ensure that the address is not
+   already in use.  For example, if the client is on a network that
+   supports ARP, the client may issue an ARP request for the suggested
+   request.  When broadcasting an ARP request for the suggested address,
+   the client must fill in its own hardware address as the sender's
+   hardware address, and 0 as the sender's IP address, to avoid
+   confusing ARP caches in other hosts on the same subnet.  If the
+
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+
+   network address appears to be in use, the client MUST send a
+   DHCPDECLINE message to the server. The client SHOULD broadcast an ARP
+   reply to announce the client's new IP address and clear any outdated
+   ARP cache entries in hosts on the client's subnet.
+
+4.4.2 Initialization with known network address
+
+   The client begins in INIT-REBOOT state and sends a DHCPREQUEST
+   message.  The client MUST insert its known network address as a
+   'requested IP address' option in the DHCPREQUEST message.  The client
+   may request specific configuration parameters by including the
+   'parameter request list' option.  The client generates and records a
+   random transaction identifier and inserts that identifier into the
+   'xid' field.  The client records its own local time for later use in
+   computing the lease expiration.  The client MUST NOT include a
+   'server identifier' in the DHCPREQUEST message.  The client then
+   broadcasts the DHCPREQUEST on the local hardware broadcast address to
+   the 'DHCP server' UDP port.
+
+   Once a DHCPACK message with an 'xid' field matching that in the
+   client's DHCPREQUEST message arrives from any server, the client is
+   initialized and moves to BOUND state.  The client records the lease
+   expiration time as the sum of the time at which the DHCPREQUEST
+   message was sent and the duration of the lease from the DHCPACK
+   message.
+
+4.4.3 Initialization with an externally assigned network address
+
+   The client sends a DHCPINFORM message. The client may request
+   specific configuration parameters by including the 'parameter request
+   list' option. The client generates and records a random transaction
+   identifier and inserts that identifier into the 'xid' field. The
+   client places its own network address in the 'ciaddr' field. The
+   client SHOULD NOT request lease time parameters.
+
+   The client then unicasts the DHCPINFORM to the DHCP server if it
+   knows the server's address, otherwise it broadcasts the message to
+   the limited (all 1s) broadcast address.  DHCPINFORM messages MUST be
+   directed to the 'DHCP server' UDP port.
+
+   Once a DHCPACK message with an 'xid' field matching that in the
+   client's DHCPINFORM message arrives from any server, the client is
+   initialized.
+
+   If the client does not receive a DHCPACK within a reasonable period
+   of time (60 seconds or 4 tries if using timeout suggested in section
+   4.1), then it SHOULD display a message informing the user of the
+   problem, and then SHOULD begin network processing using suitable
+
+
+
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+
+   defaults as per Appendix A.
+
+4.4.4 Use of broadcast and unicast
+
+   The DHCP client broadcasts DHCPDISCOVER, DHCPREQUEST and DHCPINFORM
+   messages, unless the client knows the address of a DHCP server.  The
+   client unicasts DHCPRELEASE messages to the server.  Because the
+   client is declining the use of the IP address supplied by the server,
+   the client broadcasts DHCPDECLINE messages.
+
+   When the DHCP client knows the address of a DHCP server, in either
+   INIT or REBOOTING state, the client may use that address in the
+   DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST rather than the IP broadcast address.
+   The client may also use unicast to send DHCPINFORM messages to a
+   known DHCP server.  If the client receives no response to DHCP
+   messages sent to the IP address of a known DHCP server, the DHCP
+   client reverts to using the IP broadcast address.
+
+4.4.5 Reacquisition and expiration
+
+   The client maintains two times, T1 and T2, that specify the times at
+   which the client tries to extend its lease on its network address.
+   T1 is the time at which the client enters the RENEWING state and
+   attempts to contact the server that originally issued the client's
+   network address.  T2 is the time at which the client enters the
+   REBINDING state and attempts to contact any server. T1 MUST be
+   earlier than T2, which, in turn, MUST be earlier than the time at
+   which the client's lease will expire.
+
+   To avoid the need for synchronized clocks, T1 and T2 are expressed in
+   options as relative times [2].
+
+   At time T1 the client moves to RENEWING state and sends (via unicast)
+   a DHCPREQUEST message to the server to extend its lease.  The client
+   sets the 'ciaddr' field in the DHCPREQUEST to its current network
+   address. The client records the local time at which the DHCPREQUEST
+   message is sent for computation of the lease expiration time.  The
+   client MUST NOT include a 'server identifier' in the DHCPREQUEST
+   message.
+
+   Any DHCPACK messages that arrive with an 'xid' that does not match
+   the 'xid' of the client's DHCPREQUEST message are silently discarded.
+   When the client receives a DHCPACK from the server, the client
+   computes the lease expiration time as the sum of the time at which
+   the client sent the DHCPREQUEST message and the duration of the lease
+   in the DHCPACK message.  The client has successfully reacquired its
+   network address, returns to BOUND state and may continue network
+   processing.
+
+
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+   If no DHCPACK arrives before time T2, the client moves to REBINDING
+   state and sends (via broadcast) a DHCPREQUEST message to extend its
+   lease.  The client sets the 'ciaddr' field in the DHCPREQUEST to its
+   current network address.  The client MUST NOT include a 'server
+   identifier' in the DHCPREQUEST message.
+
+   Times T1 and T2 are configurable by the server through options.  T1
+   defaults to (0.5 * duration_of_lease).  T2 defaults to (0.875 *
+   duration_of_lease).  Times T1 and T2 SHOULD be chosen with some
+   random "fuzz" around a fixed value, to avoid synchronization of
+   client reacquisition.
+
+   A client MAY choose to renew or extend its lease prior to T1.  The
+   server MAY choose to extend the client's lease according to policy
+   set by the network administrator.  The server SHOULD return T1 and
+   T2, and their values SHOULD be adjusted from their original values to
+   take account of the time remaining on the lease.
+
+   In both RENEWING and REBINDING states, if the client receives no
+   response to its DHCPREQUEST message, the client SHOULD wait one-half
+   of the remaining time until T2 (in RENEWING state) and one-half of
+   the remaining lease time (in REBINDING state), down to a minimum of
+   60 seconds, before retransmitting the DHCPREQUEST message.
+
+   If the lease expires before the client receives a DHCPACK, the client
+   moves to INIT state, MUST immediately stop any other network
+   processing and requests network initialization parameters as if the
+   client were uninitialized.  If the client then receives a DHCPACK
+   allocating that client its previous network address, the client
+   SHOULD continue network processing.  If the client is given a new
+   network address, it MUST NOT continue using the previous network
+   address and SHOULD notify the local users of the problem.
+
+4.4.6 DHCPRELEASE
+
+   If the client no longer requires use of its assigned network address
+   (e.g., the client is gracefully shut down), the client sends a
+   DHCPRELEASE message to the server.  Note that the correct operation
+   of DHCP does not depend on the transmission of DHCPRELEASE messages.
+
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+
+
+5. Acknowledgments
+
+   The author thanks the many (and too numerous to mention!) members of
+   the DHC WG for their tireless and ongoing efforts in the development
+   of DHCP and this document.
+
+   The efforts of J Allard, Mike Carney, Dave Lapp, Fred Lien and John
+   Mendonca in organizing DHCP interoperability testing sessions are
+   gratefully acknowledged.
+
+   The development of this document was supported in part by grants from
+   the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Bucknell
+   University and Sun Microsystems.
+
+6. References
+
+   [1] Acetta, M., "Resource Location Protocol", RFC 887, CMU, December
+       1983.
+
+   [2] Alexander, S., and R. Droms, "DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor
+       Extensions", RFC 1533, Lachman Technology, Inc., Bucknell
+       University, October 1993.
+
+   [3] Braden, R., Editor, "Requirements for Internet Hosts --
+       Communication Layers", STD 3, RFC 1122, USC/Information Sciences
+       Institute, October 1989.
+
+   [4] Braden, R., Editor, "Requirements for Internet Hosts --
+       Application and Support, STD 3, RFC 1123, USC/Information
+       Sciences Institute, October 1989.
+
+   [5] Brownell, D, "Dynamic Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
+       (DRARP)", Work in Progress.
+
+   [6] Comer, D., and R. Droms, "Uniform Access to Internet Directory
+       Services", Proc. of ACM SIGCOMM '90 (Special issue of Computer
+       Communications Review), 20(4):50--59, 1990.
+
+   [7] Croft, B., and J. Gilmore, "Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)", RFC 951,
+       Stanford and SUN Microsystems, September 1985.
+
+   [8] Deering, S., "ICMP Router Discovery Messages", RFC 1256, Xerox
+       PARC, September 1991.
+
+   [9] Droms, D., "Interoperation between DHCP and BOOTP", RFC 1534,
+       Bucknell University, October 1993.
+
+
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+   [10] Finlayson, R., Mann, T., Mogul, J., and M. Theimer, "A Reverse
+        Address Resolution Protocol", RFC 903, Stanford, June 1984.
+
+   [11] Gray C., and D. Cheriton, "Leases: An Efficient Fault-Tolerant
+        Mechanism for Distributed File Cache Consistency", In Proc. of
+        the Twelfth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Design, 1989.
+
+   [12] Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names -- Concepts and Facilities", STD
+        13, RFC 1034, USC/Information Sciences Institute, November 1987.
+
+   [13] Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names -- Implementation and
+        Specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, USC/Information Sciences
+        Institute, November 1987.
+
+   [14] Mogul J., and S. Deering, "Path MTU Discovery", RFC 1191,
+        November 1990.
+
+   [15] Morgan, R., "Dynamic IP Address Assignment for Ethernet Attached
+        Hosts", Work in Progress.
+
+   [16] Postel, J., "Internet Control Message Protocol", STD 5, RFC 792,
+        USC/Information Sciences Institute, September 1981.
+
+   [17] Reynolds, J., "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions", RFC 1497,
+        USC/Information Sciences Institute, August 1993.
+
+   [18] Reynolds, J., and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", STD 2, RFC 1700,
+        USC/Information Sciences Institute, October 1994.
+
+   [19] Jeffrey Schiller and Mark Rosenstein. A Protocol for the Dynamic
+        Assignment of IP Addresses for use on an Ethernet. (Available
+        from the Athena Project, MIT), 1989.
+
+   [20] Sollins, K., "The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)",  RFC 783, NIC,
+        June 1981.
+
+   [21] Wimer, W., "Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap
+        Protocol", RFC 1542, Carnegie Mellon University, October 1993.
+
+7. Security Considerations
+
+   DHCP is built directly on UDP and IP which are as yet inherently
+   insecure.  Furthermore, DHCP is generally intended to make
+   maintenance of remote and/or diskless hosts easier.  While perhaps
+   not impossible, configuring such hosts with passwords or keys may be
+   difficult and inconvenient.  Therefore, DHCP in its current form is
+   quite insecure.
+
+
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+
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+   Unauthorized DHCP servers may be easily set up.  Such servers can
+   then send false and potentially disruptive information to clients
+   such as incorrect or duplicate IP addresses, incorrect routing
+   information (including spoof routers, etc.), incorrect domain
+   nameserver addresses (such as spoof nameservers), and so on.
+   Clearly, once this seed information is in place, an attacker can
+   further compromise affected systems.
+
+   Malicious DHCP clients could masquerade as legitimate clients and
+   retrieve information intended for those legitimate clients.  Where
+   dynamic allocation of resources is used, a malicious client could
+   claim all resources for itself, thereby denying resources to
+   legitimate clients.
+
+8. Author's Address
+
+      Ralph Droms
+      Computer Science Department
+      323 Dana Engineering
+      Bucknell University
+      Lewisburg, PA 17837
+
+      Phone: (717) 524-1145
+      EMail: droms@bucknell.edu
+
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+
+
+A. Host Configuration Parameters
+
+   IP-layer_parameters,_per_host:_
+
+   Be a router                     on/off                 HRC 3.1
+   Non-local source routing        on/off                 HRC 3.3.5
+   Policy filters for
+   non-local source routing        (list)                 HRC 3.3.5
+   Maximum reassembly size         integer                HRC 3.3.2
+   Default TTL                     integer                HRC 3.2.1.7
+   PMTU aging timeout              integer                MTU 6.6
+   MTU plateau table               (list)                 MTU 7
+   IP-layer_parameters,_per_interface:_
+   IP address                      (address)              HRC 3.3.1.6
+   Subnet mask                     (address mask)         HRC 3.3.1.6
+   MTU                             integer                HRC 3.3.3
+   All-subnets-MTU                 on/off                 HRC 3.3.3
+   Broadcast address flavor        0x00000000/0xffffffff  HRC 3.3.6
+   Perform mask discovery          on/off                 HRC 3.2.2.9
+   Be a mask supplier              on/off                 HRC 3.2.2.9
+   Perform router discovery        on/off                 RD 5.1
+   Router solicitation address     (address)              RD 5.1
+   Default routers, list of:
+           router address          (address)              HRC 3.3.1.6
+           preference level        integer                HRC 3.3.1.6
+   Static routes, list of:
+           destination             (host/subnet/net)      HRC 3.3.1.2
+           destination mask        (address mask)         HRC 3.3.1.2
+           type-of-service         integer                HRC 3.3.1.2
+           first-hop router        (address)              HRC 3.3.1.2
+           ignore redirects        on/off                 HRC 3.3.1.2
+           PMTU                    integer                MTU 6.6
+           perform PMTU discovery  on/off                 MTU 6.6
+
+   Link-layer_parameters,_per_interface:_
+   Trailers                       on/off                 HRC 2.3.1
+   ARP cache timeout              integer                HRC 2.3.2.1
+   Ethernet encapsulation         (RFC 894/RFC 1042)     HRC 2.3.3
+
+   TCP_parameters,_per_host:_
+   TTL                            integer                HRC 4.2.2.19
+   Keep-alive interval            integer                HRC 4.2.3.6
+   Keep-alive data size           0/1                    HRC 4.2.3.6
+
+Key:
+
+   MTU = Path MTU Discovery (RFC 1191, Proposed Standard)
+   RD = Router Discovery (RFC 1256, Proposed Standard)
+
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+Network Working Group                                       S. Alexander
+Request for Comments: 2132                        Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+Obsoletes: 1533                                                 R. Droms
+Category: Standards Track                            Bucknell University
+                                                              March 1997
+
+                DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
+
+Status of this memo
+
+   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
+   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
+   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
+   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
+   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
+
+Abstract
+
+   The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) [1] provides a
+   framework for passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP
+   network.  Configuration parameters and other control information are
+   carried in tagged data items that are stored in the 'options' field
+   of the DHCP message.  The data items themselves are also called
+   "options."
+
+   This document specifies the current set of DHCP options.  Future
+   options will be specified in separate RFCs.  The current list of
+   valid options is also available in ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-
+   notes/iana/assignments [22].
+
+   All of the vendor information extensions defined in RFC 1497 [2] may
+   be used as DHCP options.  The definitions given in RFC 1497 are
+   included in this document, which supersedes RFC 1497.  All of the
+   DHCP options defined in this document, except for those specific to
+   DHCP as defined in section 9, may be used as BOOTP vendor information
+   extensions.
+
+Table of Contents
+
+    1.  Introduction ..............................................  2
+    2.  BOOTP Extension/DHCP Option Field Format ..................  4
+    3.  RFC 1497 Vendor Extensions ................................  5
+    4.  IP Layer Parameters per Host .............................. 11
+    5.  IP Layer Parameters per Interface ........................  13
+    6.  Link Layer Parameters per Interface ....................... 16
+    7.  TCP Parameters ............................................ 17
+    8.  Application and Service Parameters ........................ 18
+    9.  DHCP Extensions ........................................... 25
+
+
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+
+   10.  Defining new extensions ................................... 31
+   11.  Acknowledgements .......................................... 31
+   12.  References ................................................ 32
+   13.  Security Considerations ................................... 33
+   14.  Authors' Addresses ........................................ 34
+
+1. Introduction
+
+   This document specifies options for use with both the Dynamic Host
+   Configuration Protocol and the Bootstrap Protocol.
+
+   The full description of DHCP packet formats may be found in the DHCP
+   specification document [1], and the full description of BOOTP packet
+   formats may be found in the BOOTP specification document [3].  This
+   document defines the format of information in the last field of DHCP
+   packets ('options') and of BOOTP packets ('vend').  The remainder of
+   this section defines a generalized use of this area for giving
+   information useful to a wide class of machines, operating systems and
+   configurations. Sites with a single DHCP or BOOTP server that is
+   shared among heterogeneous clients may choose to define other, site-
+   specific formats for the use of the 'options' field.
+
+   Section 2 of this memo describes the formats of DHCP options and
+   BOOTP vendor extensions.  Section 3 describes options defined in
+   previous documents for use with BOOTP (all may also be used with
+   DHCP).  Sections 4-8 define new options intended for use with both
+   DHCP and BOOTP. Section 9 defines options used only in DHCP.
+
+   References further describing most of the options defined in sections
+   2-6 can be found in section 12.  The use of the options defined in
+   section 9 is described in the DHCP specification [1].
+
+   Information on registering new options is contained in section 10.
+
+   This document updates the definition of DHCP/BOOTP options that
+   appears in RFC1533.  The classing mechanism has been extended to
+   include vendor classes as described in section 8.4 and 9.13.  The new
+   procedure for defining new DHCP/BOOTP options in described in section
+   10.  Several new options, including NIS+ domain and servers, Mobile
+   IP home agent, SMTP server, TFTP server and Bootfile server, have
+   been added.  Text giving definitions used throughout the document has
+   been added in section 1.1.  Text emphasizing the need for uniqueness
+   of client-identifiers has been added to section 9.14.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+1.1 Requirements
+
+   Throughout this document, the words that are used to define the
+   significance of particular requirements are capitalized.  These words
+   are:
+
+      o "MUST"
+
+       This word or the adjective "REQUIRED" means that the item is an
+       absolute requirement of this specification.
+
+      o "MUST NOT"
+
+       This phrase means that the item is an absolute prohibition of
+       this specification.
+
+      o "SHOULD"
+
+       This word or the adjective "RECOMMENDED" means that there may
+       exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore this
+       item, but the full implications should be understood and the case
+       carefully weighed before choosing a different course.
+
+      o "SHOULD NOT"
+
+       This phrase means that there may exist valid reasons in
+       particular circumstances when the listed behavior is acceptable
+       or even useful, but the full implications should be understood
+       and the case carefully weighed before implementing any behavior
+       described with this label.
+
+      o "MAY"
+
+       This word or the adjective "OPTIONAL" means that this item is
+       truly optional.  One vendor may choose to include the item
+       because a particular marketplace requires it or because it
+       enhances the product, for example; another vendor may omit the
+       same item.
+
+1.2 Terminology
+
+   This document uses the following terms:
+
+      o "DHCP client"
+
+       A DHCP client or "client" is an Internet host using DHCP to
+       obtain configuration parameters such as a network address.
+
+
+
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+
+      o "DHCP server"
+
+       A DHCP server of "server"is an Internet host that returns
+       configuration parameters to DHCP clients.
+
+      o "binding"
+
+       A binding is a collection of configuration parameters, including
+       at least an IP address, associated with or "bound to" a DHCP
+       client.  Bindings are managed by DHCP servers.
+
+2. BOOTP Extension/DHCP Option Field Format
+
+
+   DHCP options have the same format as the BOOTP 'vendor extensions'
+   defined in RFC 1497 [2].  Options may be fixed length or variable
+   length.  All options begin with a tag octet, which uniquely
+   identifies the option.  Fixed-length options without data consist of
+   only a tag octet.  Only options 0 and 255 are fixed length.  All
+   other options are variable-length with a length octet following the
+   tag octet.  The value of the length octet does not include the two
+   octets specifying the tag and length.  The length octet is followed
+   by "length" octets of data.  Options containing NVT ASCII data SHOULD
+   NOT include a trailing NULL; however, the receiver of such options
+   MUST be prepared to delete trailing nulls if they exist.  The
+   receiver MUST NOT require that a trailing null be included in the
+   data.  In the case of some variable-length options the length field
+   is a constant but must still be specified.
+
+   Any options defined subsequent to this document MUST contain a length
+   octet even if the length is fixed or zero.
+
+   All multi-octet quantities are in network byte-order.
+
+   When used with BOOTP, the first four octets of the vendor information
+   field have been assigned to the "magic cookie" (as suggested in RFC
+   951).  This field identifies the mode in which the succeeding data is
+   to be interpreted.  The value of the magic cookie is the 4 octet
+   dotted decimal 99.130.83.99 (or hexadecimal number 63.82.53.63) in
+   network byte order.
+
+   All of the "vendor extensions" defined in RFC 1497 are also DHCP
+   options.
+
+   Option codes 128 to 254 (decimal) are reserved for site-specific
+   options.
+
+
+
+
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+
+   Except for the options in section 9, all options may be used with
+   either DHCP or BOOTP.
+
+   Many of these options have their default values specified in other
+   documents.  In particular, RFC 1122 [4] specifies default values for
+   most IP and TCP configuration parameters.
+
+   Many options supply one or more 32-bit IP address.  Use of IP
+   addresses rather than fully-qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) may make
+   future renumbering of IP hosts more difficult.  Use of these
+   addresses is discouraged at sites that may require renumbering.
+
+3. RFC 1497 Vendor Extensions
+
+   This section lists the vendor extensions as defined in RFC 1497.
+   They are defined here for completeness.
+
+3.1. Pad Option
+
+   The pad option can be used to cause subsequent fields to align on
+   word boundaries.
+
+   The code for the pad option is 0, and its length is 1 octet.
+
+    Code
+   +-----+
+   |  0  |
+   +-----+
+
+3.2. End Option
+
+   The end option marks the end of valid information in the vendor
+   field.  Subsequent octets should be filled with pad options.
+
+   The code for the end option is 255, and its length is 1 octet.
+
+    Code
+   +-----+
+   | 255 |
+   +-----+
+
+3.3. Subnet Mask
+
+   The subnet mask option specifies the client's subnet mask as per RFC
+   950 [5].
+
+   If both the subnet mask and the router option are specified in a DHCP
+   reply, the subnet mask option MUST be first.
+
+
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+
+   The code for the subnet mask option is 1, and its length is 4 octets.
+
+    Code   Len        Subnet Mask
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  1  |  4  |  m1 |  m2 |  m3 |  m4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+3.4. Time Offset
+
+   The time offset field specifies the offset of the client's subnet in
+   seconds from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).  The offset is
+   expressed as a two's complement 32-bit integer.  A positive offset
+   indicates a location east of the zero meridian and a negative offset
+   indicates a location west of the zero meridian.
+
+   The code for the time offset option is 2, and its length is 4 octets.
+
+    Code   Len        Time Offset
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  2  |  4  |  n1 |  n2 |  n3 |  n4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+3.5. Router Option
+
+   The router option specifies a list of IP addresses for routers on the
+   client's subnet.  Routers SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the router option is 3.  The minimum length for the
+   router option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple
+   of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  3  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.6. Time Server Option
+
+   The time server option specifies a list of RFC 868 [6] time servers
+   available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of
+   preference.
+
+   The code for the time server option is 4.  The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  4  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.7. Name Server Option
+
+   The name server option specifies a list of IEN 116 [7] name servers
+   available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of
+   preference.
+
+   The code for the name server option is 5.  The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  5  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.8. Domain Name Server Option
+
+   The domain name server option specifies a list of Domain Name System
+   (STD 13, RFC 1035 [8]) name servers available to the client.  Servers
+   SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the domain name server option is 6.  The minimum length
+   for this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple
+   of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  6  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.9. Log Server Option
+
+   The log server option specifies a list of MIT-LCS UDP log servers
+   available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of
+   preference.
+
+   The code for the log server option is 7.  The minimum length for this
+   option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  7  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+
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+
+3.10. Cookie Server Option
+
+   The cookie server option specifies a list of RFC 865 [9] cookie
+   servers available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order
+   of preference.
+
+   The code for the log server option is 8.  The minimum length for this
+   option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  8  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.11. LPR Server Option
+
+   The LPR server option specifies a list of RFC 1179 [10] line printer
+   servers available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order
+   of preference.
+
+   The code for the LPR server option is 9.  The minimum length for this
+   option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  9  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.12. Impress Server Option
+
+   The Impress server option specifies a list of Imagen Impress servers
+   available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of
+   preference.
+
+   The code for the Impress server option is 10.  The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  10 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.13. Resource Location Server Option
+
+   This option specifies a list of RFC 887 [11] Resource Location
+   servers available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order
+   of preference.
+
+
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+
+   The code for this option is 11.  The minimum length for this option
+   is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  11 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.14. Host Name Option
+
+   This option specifies the name of the client.  The name may or may
+   not be qualified with the local domain name (see section 3.17 for the
+   preferred way to retrieve the domain name).  See RFC 1035 for
+   character set restrictions.
+
+   The code for this option is 12, and its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len                 Host Name
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  12 |  n  |  h1 |  h2 |  h3 |  h4 |  h5 |  h6 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.15. Boot File Size Option
+
+   This option specifies the length in 512-octet blocks of the default
+   boot image for the client.  The file length is specified as an
+   unsigned 16-bit integer.
+
+   The code for this option is 13, and its length is 2.
+
+    Code   Len   File Size
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  13 |  2  |  l1 |  l2 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+3.16. Merit Dump File
+
+   This option specifies the path-name of a file to which the client's
+   core image should be dumped in the event the client crashes.  The
+   path is formatted as a character string consisting of characters from
+   the NVT ASCII character set.
+
+   The code for this option is 14.  Its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len      Dump File Pathname
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  14 |  n  |  n1 |  n2 |  n3 |  n4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+
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+
+
+3.17. Domain Name
+
+   This option specifies the domain name that client should use when
+   resolving hostnames via the Domain Name System.
+
+   The code for this option is 15.  Its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len        Domain Name
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  15 |  n  |  d1 |  d2 |  d3 |  d4 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+3.18. Swap Server
+
+   This specifies the IP address of the client's swap server.
+
+   The code for this option is 16 and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len    Swap Server Address
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  16 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+3.19. Root Path
+
+   This option specifies the path-name that contains the client's root
+   disk.  The path is formatted as a character string consisting of
+   characters from the NVT ASCII character set.
+
+   The code for this option is 17.  Its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len      Root Disk Pathname
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  17 |  n  |  n1 |  n2 |  n3 |  n4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+3.20. Extensions Path
+
+   A string to specify a file, retrievable via TFTP, which contains
+   information which can be interpreted in the same way as the 64-octet
+   vendor-extension field within the BOOTP response, with the following
+   exceptions:
+
+          - the length of the file is unconstrained;
+          - all references to Tag 18 (i.e., instances of the
+            BOOTP Extensions Path field) within the file are
+            ignored.
+
+
+
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+
+
+   The code for this option is 18.  Its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len      Extensions Pathname
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  18 |  n  |  n1 |  n2 |  n3 |  n4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+4. IP Layer Parameters per Host
+
+   This section details the options that affect the operation of the IP
+   layer on a per-host basis.
+
+4.1. IP Forwarding Enable/Disable Option
+
+   This option specifies whether the client should configure its IP
+   layer for packet forwarding.  A value of 0 means disable IP
+   forwarding, and a value of 1 means enable IP forwarding.
+
+   The code for this option is 19, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  19 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+4.2. Non-Local Source Routing Enable/Disable Option
+
+   This option specifies whether the client should configure its IP
+   layer to allow forwarding of datagrams with non-local source routes
+   (see Section 3.3.5 of [4] for a discussion of this topic).  A value
+   of 0 means disallow forwarding of such datagrams, and a value of 1
+   means allow forwarding.
+
+   The code for this option is 20, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  20 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+4.3. Policy Filter Option
+
+   This option specifies policy filters for non-local source routing.
+   The filters consist of a list of IP addresses and masks which specify
+   destination/mask pairs with which to filter incoming source routes.
+
+   Any source routed datagram whose next-hop address does not match one
+   of the filters should be discarded by the client.
+
+
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+
+   See [4] for further information.
+
+   The code for this option is 21.  The minimum length of this option is
+   8, and the length MUST be a multiple of 8.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1                  Mask 1
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  21 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  m1 |  m2 |  m3 |  m4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+           Address 2                  Mask 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  m1 |  m2 |  m3 |  m4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+4.4. Maximum Datagram Reassembly Size
+
+   This option specifies the maximum size datagram that the client
+   should be prepared to reassemble.  The size is specified as a 16-bit
+   unsigned integer.  The minimum value legal value is 576.
+
+   The code for this option is 22, and its length is 2.
+
+    Code   Len      Size
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  22 |  2  |  s1 |  s2 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+4.5. Default IP Time-to-live
+
+   This option specifies the default time-to-live that the client should
+   use on outgoing datagrams.  The TTL is specified as an octet with a
+   value between 1 and 255.
+
+   The code for this option is 23, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len   TTL
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  23 |  1  | ttl |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+4.6. Path MTU Aging Timeout Option
+
+   This option specifies the timeout (in seconds) to use when aging Path
+   MTU values discovered by the mechanism defined in RFC 1191 [12].  The
+   timeout is specified as a 32-bit unsigned integer.
+
+   The code for this option is 24, and its length is 4.
+
+
+
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+
+    Code   Len           Timeout
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  24 |  4  |  t1 |  t2 |  t3 |  t4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+4.7. Path MTU Plateau Table Option
+
+   This option specifies a table of MTU sizes to use when performing
+   Path MTU Discovery as defined in RFC 1191.  The table is formatted as
+   a list of 16-bit unsigned integers, ordered from smallest to largest.
+   The minimum MTU value cannot be smaller than 68.
+
+   The code for this option is 25.  Its minimum length is 2, and the
+   length MUST be a multiple of 2.
+
+    Code   Len     Size 1      Size 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  25 |  n  |  s1 |  s2 |  s1 |  s2 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+5. IP Layer Parameters per Interface
+
+   This section details the options that affect the operation of the IP
+   layer on a per-interface basis.  It is expected that a client can
+   issue multiple requests, one per interface, in order to configure
+   interfaces with their specific parameters.
+
+5.1. Interface MTU Option
+
+   This option specifies the MTU to use on this interface.  The MTU is
+   specified as a 16-bit unsigned integer.  The minimum legal value for
+   the MTU is 68.
+
+   The code for this option is 26, and its length is 2.
+
+    Code   Len      MTU
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  26 |  2  |  m1 |  m2 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+5.2. All Subnets are Local Option
+
+   This option specifies whether or not the client may assume that all
+   subnets of the IP network to which the client is connected use the
+   same MTU as the subnet of that network to which the client is
+   directly connected.  A value of 1 indicates that all subnets share
+   the same MTU.  A value of 0 means that the client should assume that
+   some subnets of the directly connected network may have smaller MTUs.
+
+
+
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+
+
+   The code for this option is 27, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  27 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+5.3. Broadcast Address Option
+
+   This option specifies the broadcast address in use on the client's
+   subnet.  Legal values for broadcast addresses are specified in
+   section 3.2.1.3 of [4].
+
+   The code for this option is 28, and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len     Broadcast Address
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  28 |  4  |  b1 |  b2 |  b3 |  b4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+5.4. Perform Mask Discovery Option
+
+   This option specifies whether or not the client should perform subnet
+   mask discovery using ICMP.  A value of 0 indicates that the client
+   should not perform mask discovery.  A value of 1 means that the
+   client should perform mask discovery.
+
+   The code for this option is 29, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  29 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+5.5. Mask Supplier Option
+
+   This option specifies whether or not the client should respond to
+   subnet mask requests using ICMP.  A value of 0 indicates that the
+   client should not respond.  A value of 1 means that the client should
+   respond.
+
+   The code for this option is 30, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  30 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+5.6. Perform Router Discovery Option
+
+   This option specifies whether or not the client should solicit
+   routers using the Router Discovery mechanism defined in RFC 1256
+   [13].  A value of 0 indicates that the client should not perform
+   router discovery.  A value of 1 means that the client should perform
+   router discovery.
+
+   The code for this option is 31, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  31 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+5.7. Router Solicitation Address Option
+
+   This option specifies the address to which the client should transmit
+   router solicitation requests.
+
+   The code for this option is 32, and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len            Address
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  32 |  4  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+5.8. Static Route Option
+
+   This option specifies a list of static routes that the client should
+   install in its routing cache.  If multiple routes to the same
+   destination are specified, they are listed in descending order of
+   priority.
+
+   The routes consist of a list of IP address pairs.  The first address
+   is the destination address, and the second address is the router for
+   the destination.
+
+   The default route (0.0.0.0) is an illegal destination for a static
+   route.  See section 3.5 for information about the router option.
+
+   The code for this option is 33.  The minimum length of this option is
+   8, and the length MUST be a multiple of 8.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+    Code   Len         Destination 1           Router 1
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  33 |  n  |  d1 |  d2 |  d3 |  d4 |  r1 |  r2 |  r3 |  r4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+           Destination 2           Router 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  d1 |  d2 |  d3 |  d4 |  r1 |  r2 |  r3 |  r4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+6. Link Layer Parameters per Interface
+
+   This section lists the options that affect the operation of the data
+   link layer on a per-interface basis.
+
+6.1. Trailer Encapsulation Option
+
+   This option specifies whether or not the client should negotiate the
+   use of trailers (RFC 893 [14]) when using the ARP protocol.  A value
+   of 0 indicates that the client should not attempt to use trailers.  A
+   value of 1 means that the client should attempt to use trailers.
+
+   The code for this option is 34, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  34 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+6.2. ARP Cache Timeout Option
+
+   This option specifies the timeout in seconds for ARP cache entries.
+   The time is specified as a 32-bit unsigned integer.
+
+   The code for this option is 35, and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len           Time
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  35 |  4  |  t1 |  t2 |  t3 |  t4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+6.3. Ethernet Encapsulation Option
+
+   This option specifies whether or not the client should use Ethernet
+   Version 2 (RFC 894 [15]) or IEEE 802.3 (RFC 1042 [16]) encapsulation
+   if the interface is an Ethernet.  A value of 0 indicates that the
+   client should use RFC 894 encapsulation.  A value of 1 means that the
+   client should use RFC 1042 encapsulation.
+
+
+
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+
+
+   The code for this option is 36, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  36 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+7. TCP Parameters
+
+   This section lists the options that affect the operation of the TCP
+   layer on a per-interface basis.
+
+7.1. TCP Default TTL Option
+
+   This option specifies the default TTL that the client should use when
+   sending TCP segments.  The value is represented as an 8-bit unsigned
+   integer.  The minimum value is 1.
+
+   The code for this option is 37, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len   TTL
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  37 |  1  |  n  |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+7.2. TCP Keepalive Interval Option
+
+   This option specifies the interval (in seconds) that the client TCP
+   should wait before sending a keepalive message on a TCP connection.
+   The time is specified as a 32-bit unsigned integer.  A value of zero
+   indicates that the client should not generate keepalive messages on
+   connections unless specifically requested by an application.
+
+   The code for this option is 38, and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len           Time
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  38 |  4  |  t1 |  t2 |  t3 |  t4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+7.3. TCP Keepalive Garbage Option
+
+   This option specifies the whether or not the client should send TCP
+   keepalive messages with a octet of garbage for compatibility with
+   older implementations.  A value of 0 indicates that a garbage octet
+   should not be sent. A value of 1 indicates that a garbage octet
+   should be sent.
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+   The code for this option is 39, and its length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  39 |  1  | 0/1 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+8. Application and Service Parameters
+
+   This section details some miscellaneous options used to configure
+   miscellaneous applications and services.
+
+8.1. Network Information Service Domain Option
+
+   This option specifies the name of the client's NIS [17] domain.  The
+   domain is formatted as a character string consisting of characters
+   from the NVT ASCII character set.
+
+   The code for this option is 40.  Its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len      NIS Domain Name
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  40 |  n  |  n1 |  n2 |  n3 |  n4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+8.2. Network Information Servers Option
+
+   This option specifies a list of IP addresses indicating NIS servers
+   available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of
+   preference.
+
+   The code for this option is 41.  Its minimum length is 4, and the
+   length MUST be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  41 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.3. Network Time Protocol Servers Option
+
+   This option specifies a list of IP addresses indicating NTP [18]
+   servers available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order
+   of preference.
+
+   The code for this option is 42.  Its minimum length is 4, and the
+   length MUST be a multiple of 4.
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  42 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.4. Vendor Specific Information
+
+   This option is used by clients and servers to exchange vendor-
+   specific information.  The information is an opaque object of n
+   octets, presumably interpreted by vendor-specific code on the clients
+   and servers.  The definition of this information is vendor specific.
+   The vendor is indicated in the vendor class identifier option.
+   Servers not equipped to interpret the vendor-specific information
+   sent by a client MUST ignore it (although it may be reported).
+   Clients which do not receive desired vendor-specific information
+   SHOULD make an attempt to operate without it, although they may do so
+   (and announce they are doing so) in a degraded mode.
+
+   If a vendor potentially encodes more than one item of information in
+   this option, then the vendor SHOULD encode the option using
+   "Encapsulated vendor-specific options" as described below:
+
+   The Encapsulated vendor-specific options field SHOULD be encoded as a
+   sequence of code/length/value fields of identical syntax to the DHCP
+   options field with the following exceptions:
+
+      1) There SHOULD NOT be a "magic cookie" field in the encapsulated
+         vendor-specific extensions field.
+
+      2) Codes other than 0 or 255 MAY be redefined by the vendor within
+         the encapsulated vendor-specific extensions field, but SHOULD
+         conform to the tag-length-value syntax defined in section 2.
+
+      3) Code 255 (END), if present, signifies the end of the
+         encapsulated vendor extensions, not the end of the vendor
+         extensions field. If no code 255 is present, then the end of
+         the enclosing vendor-specific information field is taken as the
+         end of the encapsulated vendor-specific extensions field.
+
+   The code for this option is 43 and its minimum length is 1.
+
+   Code   Len   Vendor-specific information
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  43 |  n  |  i1 |  i2 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+   When encapsulated vendor-specific extensions are used, the
+   information bytes 1-n have the following format:
+
+    Code   Len   Data item        Code   Len   Data item       Code
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  T1 |  n  |  d1 |  d2 | ... |  T2 |  n  |  D1 |  D2 | ... | ... |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+8.5. NetBIOS over TCP/IP Name Server Option
+
+   The NetBIOS name server (NBNS) option specifies a list of RFC
+   1001/1002 [19] [20] NBNS name servers listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for this option is 44.  The minimum length of the option is
+   4 octets, and the length must always be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len           Address 1              Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----
+   |  44 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  b1 |  b2 |  b3 |  b4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----
+
+8.6. NetBIOS over TCP/IP Datagram Distribution Server Option
+
+   The NetBIOS datagram distribution server (NBDD) option specifies a
+   list of RFC 1001/1002 NBDD servers listed in order of preference. The
+   code for this option is 45.  The minimum length of the option is 4
+   octets, and the length must always be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len           Address 1              Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----
+   |  45 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  b1 |  b2 |  b3 |  b4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----
+
+8.7. NetBIOS over TCP/IP Node Type Option
+
+   The NetBIOS node type option allows NetBIOS over TCP/IP clients which
+   are configurable to be configured as described in RFC 1001/1002.  The
+   value is specified as a single octet which identifies the client type
+   as follows:
+
+      Value         Node Type
+      -----         ---------
+      0x1           B-node
+      0x2           P-node
+      0x4           M-node
+      0x8           H-node
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+   In the above chart, the notation '0x' indicates a number in base-16
+   (hexadecimal).
+
+   The code for this option is 46.  The length of this option is always
+   1.
+
+    Code   Len  Node Type
+   +-----+-----+-----------+
+   |  46 |  1  | see above |
+   +-----+-----+-----------+
+
+8.8. NetBIOS over TCP/IP Scope Option
+
+   The NetBIOS scope option specifies the NetBIOS over TCP/IP scope
+   parameter for the client as specified in RFC 1001/1002. See [19],
+   [20], and [8] for character-set restrictions.
+
+   The code for this option is 47.  The minimum length of this option is
+   1.
+
+    Code   Len       NetBIOS Scope
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----
+   |  47 |  n  |  s1 |  s2 |  s3 |  s4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----
+
+8.9. X Window System Font Server Option
+
+   This option specifies a list of X Window System [21] Font servers
+   available to the client. Servers SHOULD be listed in order of
+   preference.
+
+   The code for this option is 48.  The minimum length of this option is
+   4 octets, and the length MUST be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  48 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |   ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+8.10. X Window System Display Manager Option
+
+   This option specifies a list of IP addresses of systems that are
+   running the X Window System Display Manager and are available to the
+   client.
+
+   Addresses SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+   The code for the this option is 49. The minimum length of this option
+   is 4, and the length MUST be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  49 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |   ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+8.11. Network Information Service+ Domain Option
+
+   This option specifies the name of the client's NIS+ [17] domain.  The
+   domain is formatted as a character string consisting of characters
+   from the NVT ASCII character set.
+
+   The code for this option is 64.  Its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len      NIS Client Domain Name
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  64 |  n  |  n1 |  n2 |  n3 |  n4 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+8.12. Network Information Service+ Servers Option
+
+   This option specifies a list of IP addresses indicating NIS+ servers
+   available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of
+   preference.
+
+   The code for this option is 65.  Its minimum length is 4, and the
+   length MUST be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   |  65 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.13. Mobile IP Home Agent option
+
+   This option specifies a list of IP addresses indicating mobile IP
+   home agents available to the client.  Agents SHOULD be listed in
+   order of preference.
+
+   The code for this option is 68.  Its minimum length is 0 (indicating
+   no home agents are available) and the length MUST be a multiple of 4.
+   It is expected that the usual length will be four octets, containing
+   a single home agent's address.
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+    Code Len    Home Agent Addresses (zero or more)
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 68  |  n  | a1  | a2  | a3  | a4  | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.14. Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) Server Option
+
+   The SMTP server option specifies a list of SMTP servers available to
+   the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the SMTP server option is 69.  The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 69  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.15. Post Office Protocol (POP3) Server Option
+
+   The POP3 server option specifies a list of POP3 available to the
+   client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the POP3 server option is 70.  The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 70  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.16. Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) Server Option
+
+   The NNTP server option specifies a list of NNTP available to the
+   client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the NNTP server option is 71. The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 71  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+8.17. Default World Wide Web (WWW) Server Option
+
+   The WWW server option specifies a list of WWW available to the
+   client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the WWW server option is 72.  The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 72  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.18. Default Finger Server Option
+
+   The Finger server option specifies a list of Finger available to the
+   client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the Finger server option is 73.  The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 73  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.19. Default Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Server Option
+
+   The IRC server option specifies a list of IRC available to the
+   client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the IRC server option is 74.  The minimum length for
+   this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple of
+   4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 74  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.20. StreetTalk Server Option
+
+   The StreetTalk server option specifies a list of StreetTalk servers
+   available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be listed in order of
+   preference.
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+   The code for the StreetTalk server option is 75.  The minimum length
+   for this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST always be a multiple
+   of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 75  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+8.21. StreetTalk Directory Assistance (STDA) Server Option
+
+   The StreetTalk Directory Assistance (STDA) server option specifies a
+   list of STDA servers available to the client.  Servers SHOULD be
+   listed in order of preference.
+
+   The code for the StreetTalk Directory Assistance server option is 76.
+   The minimum length for this option is 4 octets, and the length MUST
+   always be a multiple of 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Address 1               Address 2
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+   | 76  |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |  a1 |  a2 |  ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
+
+9. DHCP Extensions
+
+   This section details the options that are specific to DHCP.
+
+9.1. Requested IP Address
+
+   This option is used in a client request (DHCPDISCOVER) to allow the
+   client to request that a particular IP address be assigned.
+
+   The code for this option is 50, and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len          Address
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  50 |  4  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+9.2. IP Address Lease Time
+
+   This option is used in a client request (DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST)
+   to allow the client to request a lease time for the IP address.  In a
+   server reply (DHCPOFFER), a DHCP server uses this option to specify
+   the lease time it is willing to offer.
+
+
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+
+   The time is in units of seconds, and is specified as a 32-bit
+   unsigned integer.
+
+   The code for this option is 51, and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len         Lease Time
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  51 |  4  |  t1 |  t2 |  t3 |  t4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+9.3. Option Overload
+
+   This option is used to indicate that the DHCP 'sname' or 'file'
+   fields are being overloaded by using them to carry DHCP options. A
+   DHCP server inserts this option if the returned parameters will
+   exceed the usual space allotted for options.
+
+   If this option is present, the client interprets the specified
+   additional fields after it concludes interpretation of the standard
+   option fields.
+
+   The code for this option is 52, and its length is 1.  Legal values
+   for this option are:
+
+           Value   Meaning
+           -----   --------
+             1     the 'file' field is used to hold options
+             2     the 'sname' field is used to hold options
+             3     both fields are used to hold options
+
+    Code   Len  Value
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  52 |  1  |1/2/3|
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+9.4 TFTP server name
+
+   This option is used to identify a TFTP server when the 'sname' field
+   in the DHCP header has been used for DHCP options.
+
+   The code for this option is 66, and its minimum length is 1.
+
+       Code  Len   TFTP server
+      +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+      | 66  |  n  |  c1 |  c2 |  c3 | ...
+      +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+
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+
+9.5 Bootfile name
+
+   This option is used to identify a bootfile when the 'file' field in
+   the DHCP header has been used for DHCP options.
+
+   The code for this option is 67, and its minimum length is 1.
+
+       Code  Len   Bootfile name
+      +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+      | 67  |  n  |  c1 |  c2 |  c3 | ...
+      +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+9.6. DHCP Message Type
+
+   This option is used to convey the type of the DHCP message.  The code
+   for this option is 53, and its length is 1.  Legal values for this
+   option are:
+
+           Value   Message Type
+           -----   ------------
+             1     DHCPDISCOVER
+             2     DHCPOFFER
+             3     DHCPREQUEST
+             4     DHCPDECLINE
+             5     DHCPACK
+             6     DHCPNAK
+             7     DHCPRELEASE
+             8     DHCPINFORM
+
+    Code   Len  Type
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+   |  53 |  1  | 1-9 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+
+
+9.7. Server Identifier
+
+   This option is used in DHCPOFFER and DHCPREQUEST messages, and may
+   optionally be included in the DHCPACK and DHCPNAK messages.  DHCP
+   servers include this option in the DHCPOFFER in order to allow the
+   client to distinguish between lease offers.  DHCP clients use the
+   contents of the 'server identifier' field as the destination address
+   for any DHCP messages unicast to the DHCP server.  DHCP clients also
+   indicate which of several lease offers is being accepted by including
+   this option in a DHCPREQUEST message.
+
+   The identifier is the IP address of the selected server.
+
+   The code for this option is 54, and its length is 4.
+
+
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+
+    Code   Len            Address
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  54 |  4  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+9.8. Parameter Request List
+
+   This option is used by a DHCP client to request values for specified
+   configuration parameters.  The list of requested parameters is
+   specified as n octets, where each octet is a valid DHCP option code
+   as defined in this document.
+
+   The client MAY list the options in order of preference.  The DHCP
+   server is not required to return the options in the requested order,
+   but MUST try to insert the requested options in the order requested
+   by the client.
+
+   The code for this option is 55.  Its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len   Option Codes
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  55 |  n  |  c1 |  c2 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+9.9. Message
+
+   This option is used by a DHCP server to provide an error message to a
+   DHCP client in a DHCPNAK message in the event of a failure. A client
+   may use this option in a DHCPDECLINE message to indicate the why the
+   client declined the offered parameters.  The message consists of n
+   octets of NVT ASCII text, which the client may display on an
+   available output device.
+
+   The code for this option is 56 and its minimum length is 1.
+
+    Code   Len     Text
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  56 |  n  |  c1 |  c2 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+9.10. Maximum DHCP Message Size
+
+   This option specifies the maximum length DHCP message that it is
+   willing to accept.  The length is specified as an unsigned 16-bit
+   integer.  A client may use the maximum DHCP message size option in
+   DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST messages, but should not use the option
+   in DHCPDECLINE messages.
+
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+
+   The code for this option is 57, and its length is 2.  The minimum
+   legal value is 576 octets.
+
+    Code   Len     Length
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  57 |  2  |  l1 |  l2 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+9.11. Renewal (T1) Time Value
+
+   This option specifies the time interval from address assignment until
+   the client transitions to the RENEWING state.
+
+   The value is in units of seconds, and is specified as a 32-bit
+   unsigned integer.
+
+   The code for this option is 58, and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len         T1 Interval
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  58 |  4  |  t1 |  t2 |  t3 |  t4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+9.12. Rebinding (T2) Time Value
+
+   This option specifies the time interval from address assignment until
+   the client transitions to the REBINDING state.
+
+   The value is in units of seconds, and is specified as a 32-bit
+   unsigned integer.
+
+   The code for this option is 59, and its length is 4.
+
+    Code   Len         T2 Interval
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+   |  59 |  4  |  t1 |  t2 |  t3 |  t4 |
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+
+9.13. Vendor class identifier
+
+   This option is used by DHCP clients to optionally identify the vendor
+   type and configuration of a DHCP client.  The information is a string
+   of n octets, interpreted by servers.  Vendors may choose to define
+   specific vendor class identifiers to convey particular configuration
+   or other identification information about a client.  For example, the
+   identifier may encode the client's hardware configuration.  Servers
+   not equipped to interpret the class-specific information sent by a
+   client MUST ignore it (although it may be reported). Servers that
+
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+
+   respond SHOULD only use option 43 to return the vendor-specific
+   information to the client.
+
+   The code for this option is 60, and its minimum length is 1.
+
+   Code   Len   Vendor class Identifier
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  60 |  n  |  i1 |  i2 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
+9.14. Client-identifier
+
+   This option is used by DHCP clients to specify their unique
+   identifier.  DHCP servers use this value to index their database of
+   address bindings.  This value is expected to be unique for all
+   clients in an administrative domain.
+
+   Identifiers SHOULD be treated as opaque objects by DHCP servers.
+
+   The client identifier MAY consist of type-value pairs similar to the
+   'htype'/'chaddr' fields defined in [3]. For instance, it MAY consist
+   of a hardware type and hardware address. In this case the type field
+   SHOULD be one of the ARP hardware types defined in STD2 [22].  A
+   hardware type of 0 (zero) should be used when the value field
+   contains an identifier other than a hardware address (e.g. a fully
+   qualified domain name).
+
+   For correct identification of clients, each client's client-
+   identifier MUST be unique among the client-identifiers used on the
+   subnet to which the client is attached.  Vendors and system
+   administrators are responsible for choosing client-identifiers that
+   meet this requirement for uniqueness.
+
+   The code for this option is 61, and its minimum length is 2.
+
+   Code   Len   Type  Client-Identifier
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+   |  61 |  n  |  t1 |  i1 |  i2 | ...
+   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
+
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+
+
+10. Defining new extensions
+
+   The author of a new DHCP option will follow these steps to obtain
+   acceptance of the option as a part of the DHCP Internet Standard:
+
+   1. The author devises the new option.
+   2. The author requests a number for the new option from IANA by
+      contacting:
+      Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
+      USC/Information Sciences Institute
+      4676 Admiralty Way
+      Marina del Rey, California  90292-6695
+
+      or by email as: iana@iana.org
+
+   3. The author documents the new option, using the newly obtained
+      option number, as an Internet Draft.
+   4. The author submits the Internet Draft for review through the IETF
+      standards process as defined in "Internet Official Protocol
+      Standards" (STD 1).  The new option will be submitted for eventual
+      acceptance as an Internet Standard.
+   5. The new option progresses through the IETF standards process; the
+      new option will be reviewed by the Dynamic Host Configuration
+      Working Group (if that group still exists), or as an Internet
+      Draft not submitted by an IETF working group.
+   6. If the new option fails to gain acceptance as an Internet
+      Standard, the assigned option number will be returned to IANA for
+      reassignment.
+
+      This procedure for defining new extensions will ensure that:
+
+      * allocation of new option numbers is coordinated from a single
+        authority,
+      * new options are reviewed for technical correctness and
+        appropriateness, and
+      * documentation for new options is complete and published.
+
+11. Acknowledgements
+
+   The author thanks the many (and too numerous to mention!) members of
+   the DHC WG for their tireless and ongoing efforts in the development
+   of DHCP and this document.
+
+   The efforts of J Allard, Mike Carney, Dave Lapp, Fred Lien and John
+   Mendonca in organizing DHCP interoperability testing sessions are
+   gratefully acknowledged.
+
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+
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+
+
+   The development of this document was supported in part by grants from
+   the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Bucknell
+   University and Sun Microsystems.
+
+12. References
+
+   [1] Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC 2131,
+       Bucknell University, March 1997.
+
+   [2] Reynolds, J., "BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions", RFC 1497,
+       USC/Information Sciences Institute, August 1993.
+
+   [3] Croft, W., and J. Gilmore, "Bootstrap Protocol", RFC 951,
+       Stanford University and Sun Microsystems, September 1985.
+
+   [4] Braden, R., Editor, "Requirements for Internet Hosts -
+       Communication Layers", STD 3, RFC 1122, USC/Information Sciences
+       Institute, October 1989.
+
+   [5] Mogul, J., and J. Postel, "Internet Standard Subnetting
+       Procedure", STD 5, RFC 950, USC/Information Sciences Institute,
+       August 1985.
+
+   [6] Postel, J., and K. Harrenstien, "Time Protocol", STD 26, RFC
+       868, USC/Information Sciences Institute, SRI, May 1983.
+
+   [7] Postel, J., "Name Server", IEN 116, USC/Information Sciences
+       Institute, August 1979.
+
+   [8] Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names - Implementation and
+       Specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, USC/Information Sciences
+       Institute, November 1987.
+
+   [9] Postel, J., "Quote of the Day Protocol", STD 23, RFC 865,
+       USC/Information Sciences Institute, May 1983.
+
+   [10] McLaughlin, L., "Line Printer Daemon Protocol", RFC 1179, The
+        Wollongong Group, August 1990.
+
+   [11] Accetta, M., "Resource Location Protocol", RFC 887, CMU,
+        December 1983.
+
+   [12] Mogul, J. and S. Deering, "Path MTU Discovery", RFC 1191,
+        DECWRL,  Stanford University, November 1990.
+
+   [13] Deering, S., "ICMP Router Discovery Messages", RFC 1256,
+        Xerox PARC, September 1991.
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+   [14] Leffler, S. and M. Karels, "Trailer Encapsulations", RFC 893,
+        U. C. Berkeley, April 1984.
+
+   [15] Hornig, C., "Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over
+        Ethernet Networks", RFC 894, Symbolics, April 1984.
+
+   [16] Postel, J. and J. Reynolds, "Standard for the Transmission of
+        IP Datagrams Over IEEE 802 Networks", RFC 1042,  USC/Information
+        Sciences Institute, February 1988.
+
+   [17] Sun Microsystems, "System and Network Administration", March
+        1990.
+
+   [18] Mills, D., "Internet Time Synchronization: The Network Time
+        Protocol", RFC 1305, UDEL, March 1992.
+
+   [19] NetBIOS Working Group, "Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service
+        on a TCP/UDP transport: Concepts and Methods", STD 19, RFC 1001,
+        March 1987.
+
+   [20] NetBIOS Working Group, "Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service
+        on a TCP/UDP transport: Detailed Specifications", STD 19, RFC
+        1002, March 1987.
+
+   [21] Scheifler, R., "FYI On the X Window System", FYI 6, RFC 1198,
+        MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, January 1991.
+
+   [22] Reynolds, J., and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", STD 2, RFC 1700,
+        USC/Information Sciences Institute, July 1992.
+
+13. Security Considerations
+
+   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
+
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+
+
+14. Authors' Addresses
+
+   Steve Alexander
+   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+   2011 N. Shoreline Boulevard
+   Mailstop 510
+   Mountain View, CA 94043-1389
+
+   Phone: (415) 933-6172
+   EMail: sca@engr.sgi.com
+
+
+   Ralph Droms
+   Bucknell University
+   Lewisburg, PA 17837
+
+   Phone: (717) 524-1145
+   EMail: droms@bucknell.edu
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+Network Working Group                                         M. Patrick
+Request for Comments: 3046                                  Motorola BCS
+Category: Standards Track                                   January 2001
+
+
+                  DHCP Relay Agent Information Option
+
+Status of this Memo
+
+   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
+   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
+   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
+   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
+   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
+
+Copyright Notice
+
+   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001).  All Rights Reserved.
+
+Abstract
+
+   Newer high-speed public Internet access technologies call for a
+   high-speed modem to have a local area network (LAN) attachment to one
+   or more customer premise hosts.  It is advantageous to use the
+   Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) as defined in RFC 2131 to
+   assign customer premise host IP addresses in this environment.
+   However, a number of security and scaling problems arise with such
+   "public" DHCP use.  This document describes a new DHCP option to
+   address these issues.  This option extends the set of DHCP options as
+   defined in RFC 2132.
+
+   The new option is called the Relay Agent Information option and is
+   inserted by the DHCP relay agent when forwarding client-originated
+   DHCP packets to a DHCP server.  Servers recognizing the Relay Agent
+   Information option may use the information to implement IP address or
+   other parameter assignment policies.  The DHCP Server echoes the
+   option back verbatim to the relay agent in server-to-client replies,
+   and the relay agent strips the option before forwarding the reply to
+   the client.
+
+   The "Relay Agent Information" option is organized as a single DHCP
+   option that contains one or more "sub-options" that convey
+   information known by the relay agent.  The initial sub-options are
+   defined for a relay agent that is co-located in a public circuit
+   access unit.  These include a "circuit ID" for the incoming circuit,
+   and a "remote ID" which provides a trusted identifier for the remote
+   high-speed modem.
+
+
+
+
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+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
+
+
+Table of Contents
+
+   1   Introduction...........................................  2
+   1.1 High-Speed Circuit Switched Data Networks..............  2
+   1.2 DHCP Relay Agent in the Circuit Access Equipment.......  4
+   2.0 Relay Agent Information Option.........................  5
+   2.1 Agent Operation........................................  6
+   2.1.1 Reforwarded DHCP requests............................  7
+   2.2 Server Operation.......................................  7
+   3.0 Relay Agent Information Suboptions.....................  8
+   3.1 Agent Circuit ID.......................................  8
+   3.2 Agent Remote ID........................................  9
+   4.0 Issues Resolved........................................  9
+   5.0 Security Considerations................................ 10
+   6.0 IANA Considerations.................................... 11
+   7.0 Intellectual Property Notice........................... 12
+   8.0 References............................................. 12
+   9.0 Glossary............................................... 13
+   10.0 Author's Address...................................... 13
+   11.0 Full Copyright Statement ............................. 14
+
+1   Introduction
+
+1.1 High-Speed Circuit Switched Data Networks
+
+   Public Access to the Internet is usually via a circuit switched data
+   network.  Today, this is primarily implemented with dial-up modems
+   connecting to a Remote Access Server.  But higher speed circuit
+   access networks also include ISDN, ATM, Frame Relay, and Cable Data
+   Networks.  All of these networks can be characterized as a "star"
+   topology where multiple users connect to a "circuit access unit" via
+   switched or permanent circuits.
+
+   With dial-up modems, only a single host PC attempts to connect to the
+   central point.  The PPP protocol is widely used to assign IP
+   addresses to be used by the single host PC.
+
+   The newer high-speed circuit technologies, however, frequently
+   provide a LAN interface (especially Ethernet) to one or more host
+   PCs.  It is desirable to support centralized assignment of the IP
+   addresses of host computers connecting on such circuits via DHCP.
+   The DHCP server can be, but usually is not, co-implemented with the
+   centralized circuit concentration access device.  The DHCP server is
+   often connected as a separate server on the "Central LAN" to which
+   the central access device (or devices) attach.
+
+
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+
+
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+
+
+   A common physical model for high-speed Internet circuit access is
+   shown in Figure 1, below.
+
+                   +---------------+                          |
+     Central       |   Circuit     |-- ckt 1--- Modem1-- Host-|- Host A
+     LAN     |     |   Access      |                     Lan  |- Host B
+             |     |   Unit 1      |                          |- Host C
+             |-----|               |--                        |
+             |     |(relay agent)  |...
++---------+  |     +---------------+
+|  DHCP   |--|
+| Server  |  |
++---------+  |
+             |
+             |     +---------------+
++---------+  |     |   Circuit     |-- ckt 1--- Modem2-- Host--- Host D
+| Other   |  |     |   Access      |                     Lan
+| Servers |--|-----|   Unit 2      |
+|  (Web,  |  |     |               |-- ckt 2--- Modem3-- Host--- Host E
+|   DNS)  |  |     |(relay agent)  |...                  Lan
+|         |        +---------------+
++---------+
+
+         Figure 1:  DHCP High Speed Circuit Access Model
+
+   Note that in this model, the "modem" connects to a LAN at the user
+   site, rather than to a single host.  Multiple hosts are implemented
+   at this site.  Although it is certainly possible to implement a full
+   IP router at the user site, this requires a relatively expensive
+   piece of equipment (compared to typical modem costs).  Furthermore, a
+   router requires an IP address not only for every host, but for the
+   router itself.  Finally, a user-side router requires a dedicated
+   Logical IP Subnet (LIS) for each user.  While this model is
+   appropriate for relatively small corporate networking environments,
+   it is not appropriate for large, public accessed networks.  In this
+   scenario, it is advantageous to implement an IP networking model that
+   does not allocate an IP address for the modem (or other networking
+   equipment device at the user site), and especially not an entire LIS
+   for the user side LAN.
+
+   Note that using this method to obtain IP addresses means that IP
+   addresses can only be obtained while communication to the central
+   site is available.  Some host lan installations may use a local DHCP
+   server or other methods to obtain IP addresses for in-house use.
+
+
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+
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+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
+
+
+1.2 DHCP Relay Agent in the Circuit Access Unit
+
+   It is desirable to use DHCP to assign the IP addresses for public
+   high-speed circuit access.  A number of circuit access units (e.g.,
+   RAS's, cable modem termination systems, ADSL access units, etc)
+   connect to a LAN (or local internet) to which is attached a DHCP
+   server.
+
+   For scaling and security reasons, it is advantageous to implement a
+   "router hop" at the circuit access unit, much like high-capacity
+   RAS's do today.  The circuit access equipment acts as both a router
+   to the circuits and as the DHCP relay agent.
+
+   The advantages of co-locating the DHCP relay agent with the circuit
+   access equipment are:
+
+   DHCP broadcast replies can be routed to only the proper circuit,
+   avoiding, say, the replication of the DCHP reply broadcast onto
+   thousands of access circuits;
+
+   The same mechanism used to identify the remote connection of the
+   circuit (e.g., a user ID requested by a Remote Access Server acting
+   as the circuit access equipment) may be used as a host identifier by
+   DHCP, and used for parameter assignment.  This includes centralized
+   assignment of IP addresses to hosts.  This provides a secure remote
+   ID from a trusted source -- the relay agent.
+
+   A number of issues arise when forwarding DHCP requests from hosts
+   connecting publicly accessed high-speed circuits with LAN connections
+   at the host.  Many of these are security issues arising from DHCP
+   client requests from untrusted sources.  How does the relay agent
+   know to which circuit to forward replies?  How does the system
+   prevent  DHCP IP exhaustion attacks?  This is when an attacker
+   requests all available IP addresses from a DHCP server by sending
+   requests with fabricated client MAC addresses.  How can an IP address
+   or LIS be permanently assigned to a particular user or modem?  How
+   does one prevent "spoofing" of client identifier fields used to
+   assign IP addresses?  How does one prevent denial of service by
+   "spoofing" other client's MAC addresses?
+
+   All of these issues may be addressed by having the circuit access
+   equipment, which is a trusted component, add information to DHCP
+   client requests that it forwards to the DHCP server.
+
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+
+Patrick                     Standards Track                     [Page 4]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
+
+
+2.0 Relay Agent Information Option
+
+   This document defines a new DHCP Option called the Relay Agent
+   Information Option.  It is a "container" option for specific agent-
+   supplied sub-options.  The format of the Relay Agent Information
+   option is:
+
+          Code   Len     Agent Information Field
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+--...-+------+
+         |  82  |   N  |  i1  |  i2  |  i3  |  i4  |      |  iN  |
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+--...-+------+
+
+   The length N gives the total number of octets in the Agent
+   Information Field.  The Agent Information field consists of a
+   sequence of SubOpt/Length/Value tuples for each sub-option, encoded
+   in the following manner:
+
+          SubOpt  Len     Sub-option Value
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+--...-+------+
+         |  1   |   N  |  s1  |  s2  |  s3  |  s4  |      |  sN  |
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+--...-+------+
+          SubOpt  Len     Sub-option Value
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+--...-+------+
+         |  2   |   N  |  i1  |  i2  |  i3  |  i4  |      |  iN  |
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+--...-+------+
+
+   No "pad" sub-option is defined, and the Information field shall NOT
+   be terminated with a 255 sub-option.  The length N of the DHCP Agent
+   Information Option shall include all bytes of the sub-option
+   code/length/value tuples.  Since at least one sub-option must be
+   defined, the minimum Relay Agent Information length is two (2).  The
+   length N of the sub-options shall be the number of octets in only
+   that sub-option's value field.  A sub-option length may be zero.  The
+   sub-options need not appear in sub-option code order.
+
+   The initial assignment of DHCP Relay Agent Sub-options is as follows:
+
+                 DHCP Agent              Sub-Option Description
+                 Sub-option Code
+                 ---------------         ----------------------
+                     1                   Agent Circuit ID Sub-option
+                     2                   Agent Remote ID Sub-option
+
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+
+Patrick                     Standards Track                     [Page 5]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
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+2.1 Agent Operation
+
+   Overall adding of the DHCP relay agent option SHOULD be configurable,
+   and SHOULD be disabled by default.  Relay agents SHOULD have separate
+   configurables for each sub-option to control whether it is added to
+   client-to-server packets.
+
+   A DHCP relay agent adding a Relay Agent Information field SHALL add
+   it as the last option (but before 'End Option' 255, if present) in
+   the DHCP options field of any recognized BOOTP or DHCP packet
+   forwarded from a client to a server.
+
+   Relay agents receiving a DHCP packet from an untrusted circuit with
+   giaddr set to zero (indicating that they are the first-hop router)
+   but with a Relay Agent Information option already present in the
+   packet SHALL discard the packet and increment an error count.  A
+   trusted circuit may contain a trusted downstream (closer to client)
+   network element (bridge) between the relay agent and the client that
+   MAY add a relay agent option but not set the giaddr field.  In this
+   case, the relay agent does NOT add a "second" relay agent option, but
+   forwards the DHCP packet per normal DHCP relay agent operations,
+   setting the giaddr field as it deems appropriate.
+
+   The mechanisms for distinguishing between "trusted" and "untrusted"
+   circuits are specific to the type of circuit termination equipment,
+   and may involve local administration.  For example, a Cable Modem
+   Termination System may consider upstream packets from most cable
+   modems as "untrusted", but an ATM switch terminating VCs switched
+   through a DSLAM may consider such VCs as "trusted" and accept a relay
+   agent option added by the DSLAM.
+
+   Relay agents MAY have a configurable for the maximum size of the DHCP
+   packet to be created after appending the Agent Information option.
+   Packets which, after appending the Relay Agent Information option,
+   would exceed this configured maximum size shall be forwarded WITHOUT
+   adding the Agent Information option.  An error counter SHOULD be
+   incremented in this case.  In the absence of this configurable, the
+   agent SHALL NOT increase a forwarded DHCP packet size to exceed the
+   MTU of the interface on which it is forwarded.
+
+   The Relay Agent Information option echoed by a server MUST be removed
+   by either the relay agent or the trusted downstream network element
+   which added it when forwarding a server-to-client response back to
+   the client.
+
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+   The agent SHALL NOT add an "Option Overload" option to the packet or
+   use the "file" or "sname" fields for adding Relay Agent Information
+   option.  It SHALL NOT parse or remove Relay Agent Information options
+   that may appear in the sname or file fields of a server-to-client
+   packet forwarded through the agent.
+
+   The operation of relay agents for specific sub-options is specified
+   with that sub-option.
+
+   Relay agents are NOT required to monitor or modify client-originated
+   DHCP packets addressed to a server unicast address.  This  includes
+   the DHCP-REQUEST sent when entering the RENEWING state.
+
+   Relay agents MUST NOT modify DHCP packets that use the IPSEC
+   Authentication Header or IPSEC Encapsulating Security Payload [6].
+
+2.1.1 Reforwarded DHCP requests
+
+   A DHCP relay agent may receive a client DHCP packet forwarded from a
+   BOOTP/DHCP relay agent closer to the client.  Such a packet will have
+   giaddr as non-zero, and may or may not already have a DHCP Relay
+   Agent option in it.
+
+   Relay agents configured to add a Relay Agent option which receive a
+   client DHCP packet with a nonzero giaddr SHALL discard the packet if
+   the giaddr spoofs a giaddr address implemented by the local agent
+   itself.
+
+   Otherwise, the relay agent SHALL forward any received DHCP packet
+   with a valid non-zero giaddr WITHOUT adding any relay agent options.
+   Per RFC 2131, it shall also NOT modify the giaddr value.
+
+2.2 Server Operation
+
+   DHCP servers unaware of the Relay Agent Information option will
+   ignore the option upon receive and will not echo it back on
+   responses.  This is the specified server behavior for unknown
+   options.
+
+   DHCP servers claiming to support the Relay Agent Information option
+   SHALL echo the entire contents of the Relay Agent Information option
+   in all replies.  Servers SHOULD copy the Relay Agent Information
+   option as the last DHCP option in the response.  Servers SHALL NOT
+   place the echoed Relay Agent Information option in the overloaded
+   sname or file fields.  If a server is unable to copy a full Relay
+   Agent Information field into a response, it SHALL send the response
+   without the Relay Information Field, and SHOULD increment an error
+   counter for the situation.
+
+
+
+Patrick                     Standards Track                     [Page 7]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
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+   The operation of DHCP servers for specific sub-options is specified
+   with that sub-option.
+
+   Note that DHCP relay agents are not required to monitor unicast DHCP
+   messages sent directly between the client and server (i.e., those
+   that aren't sent via a relay agent).  However, some relay agents MAY
+   chose to do such monitoring and add relay agent options.
+   Consequently, servers SHOULD be prepared to handle relay agent
+   options in unicast messages, but MUST NOT expect them to always be
+   there.
+
+3.0 Relay Agent Information Sub-options
+
+3.1 Agent Circuit ID Sub-option
+
+   This sub-option MAY be added by DHCP relay agents which terminate
+   switched or permanent circuits.  It encodes an agent-local identifier
+   of the circuit from which a DHCP client-to-server packet was
+   received.  It is intended for use by agents in relaying DHCP
+   responses back to the proper circuit.  Possible uses of this field
+   include:
+
+       - Router interface number
+       - Switching Hub port number
+       - Remote Access Server port number
+       - Frame Relay DLCI
+       - ATM virtual circuit number
+       - Cable Data virtual circuit number
+
+   Servers MAY use the Circuit ID for IP and other parameter assignment
+   policies.  The Circuit ID SHOULD be considered an opaque value, with
+   policies based on exact string match only; that is, the Circuit ID
+   SHOULD NOT be internally parsed by the server.
+
+   The DHCP server SHOULD report the Agent Circuit ID value of current
+   leases in statistical reports (including its MIB) and in logs.  Since
+   the Circuit ID is local only to a particular relay agent, a circuit
+   ID should be qualified with the giaddr value that identifies the
+   relay agent.
+
+          SubOpt   Len     Circuit ID
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+--
+         |  1   |   n  |  c1  |  c2  |  c3  |  c4  |  c5  |  c6  | ...
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+--
+
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+Patrick                     Standards Track                     [Page 8]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
+
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+3.2 Agent Remote ID Sub-option
+
+   This sub-option MAY be added by DHCP relay agents which terminate
+   switched or permanent circuits and have mechanisms to identify the
+   remote host end of the circuit.  The Remote ID field may be used to
+   encode, for instance:
+
+       -- a "caller ID" telephone number for dial-up connection
+       -- a "user name" prompted for by a Remote Access Server
+       -- a remote caller ATM address
+       -- a "modem ID" of a cable data modem
+       -- the remote IP address of a point-to-point link
+       -- a remote X.25 address for X.25 connections
+
+   The remote ID MUST be globally unique.
+
+   DHCP servers MAY use this option to select parameters specific to
+   particular users, hosts, or subscriber modems.  The option SHOULD be
+   considered an opaque value, with policies based on exact string match
+   only; that is, the option SHOULD NOT be internally parsed by the
+   server.
+
+   The relay agent MAY use this field in addition to or instead of the
+   Agent Circuit ID field to select the circuit on which to forward the
+   DHCP reply (e.g., Offer, Ack, or Nak).  DHCP servers SHOULD report
+   this value in any reports or MIBs associated with a particular
+   client.
+
+          SubOpt   Len     Agent Remote ID
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+--
+         |  2   |   n  |  r1  |  r2  |  r3  |  r4  |  r5  |  r6  | ...
+         +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+--
+
+4.0 Issues Resolved
+
+   The DHCP relay agent option resolves several issues in an environment
+   in which untrusted hosts access the internet via a circuit based
+   public network.  This resolution assumes that all DHCP protocol
+   traffic by the public hosts traverse the DHCP relay agent and that
+   the IP network between the DHCP relay agent and the DHCP server is
+   uncompromised.
+
+   Broadcast Forwarding
+
+      The circuit access equipment forwards the normally broadcasted
+      DHCP response only on the circuit indicated in the Agent Circuit
+      ID.
+
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+Patrick                     Standards Track                     [Page 9]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
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+   DHCP Address Exhaustion
+
+      In general, the DHCP server may be extended to maintain a database
+      with the "triplet" of
+
+            (client IP address,  client MAC address,  client remote ID)
+
+      The DHCP server SHOULD implement policies that restrict the number
+      of IP addresses to be assigned to a single remote ID.
+
+   Static Assignment
+
+      The DHCP server may use the remote ID to select the IP address to
+      be assigned.  It may permit static assignment of IP addresses to
+      particular remote IDs, and disallow an address request from an
+      unauthorized remote ID.
+
+   IP Spoofing
+
+      The circuit access device may associate the IP address assigned by
+      a DHCP server in a forwarded DHCP Ack packet with the circuit to
+      which it was forwarded.  The circuit access device MAY prevent
+      forwarding of IP packets with source IP addresses -other than-
+      those it has associated with the receiving circuit.  This prevents
+      simple IP spoofing attacks on the Central LAN, and IP spoofing of
+      other hosts.
+
+   Client Identifier Spoofing
+
+      By using the agent-supplied Agent Remote ID option, the untrusted
+      and as-yet unstandardized client identifier field need not be used
+      by the DHCP server.
+
+   MAC Address Spoofing
+
+      By associating a MAC address with an Agent Remote ID, the DHCP
+      server can prevent offering an IP address to an attacker spoofing
+      the same MAC address on a different remote ID.
+
+5.0 Security Considerations
+
+   DHCP as currently defined provides no authentication or security
+   mechanisms.  Potential exposures to attack are discussed in section 7
+   of the DHCP protocol specification in RFC 2131 [1].
+
+   This document introduces mechanisms to address several security
+   attacks on the operation of IP address assignment, including IP
+   spoofing, Client ID spoofing, MAC address spoofing, and DHCP server
+
+
+
+Patrick                     Standards Track                    [Page 10]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
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+   address exhaustion.  It relies on an implied trusted relationship
+   between the DHCP Relay Agent and the DHCP server, with an assumed
+   untrusted DHCP client.  It introduces a new identifer, the "Remote
+   ID", that is also assumed to be trusted.  The Remote ID is provided
+   by the access network or modem and not by client premise equipment.
+   Cryptographic or other techniques to authenticate the remote ID are
+   certainly possible and encouraged, but are beyond the scope of this
+   document.
+
+   This option is targeted towards environments in which the network
+   infrastructure -- the relay agent, the DHCP server, and the entire
+   network in which those two devices reside -- is trusted and secure.
+   As used in this document, the word "trusted" implies that
+   unauthorized DHCP traffic cannot enter the trusted network except
+   through secured and trusted relay agents and that all devices
+   internal to the network are secure and trusted.  Potential deployers
+   of this option should give careful consideration to the potential
+   security vulnerabilities that are present in this model before
+   deploying this option in actual networks.
+
+   Note that any future mechanisms for authenticating DHCP client to
+   server communications must take care to omit the DHCP Relay Agent
+   option from server authentication calculations.  This was the
+   principal reason for organizing the DHCP Relay Agent Option as a
+   single option with sub-options, and for requiring the relay agent to
+   remove the option before forwarding to the client.
+
+   While it is beyond the scope of this document to specify the general
+   forwarding algorithm of public data circuit access units, note that
+   automatic reforwarding of IP or ARP broadcast packets back downstream
+   exposes serious IP security risks.  For example, if an upstream
+   broadcast DHCP-DISCOVER or DHCP-REQUEST were re-broadcast back
+   downstream, any public host may easily spoof the desired DHCP server.
+
+6.0 IANA Considerations
+
+   IANA is required to maintain a new number space of "DHCP Relay Agent
+   Sub-options", located in the BOOTP-DHCP Parameters Registry.  The
+   initial sub-options are described in section 2.0 of this document.
+
+   IANA assigns future DHCP Relay Agent Sub-options with a "IETF
+   Consensus" policy as described in RFC 2434 [3].  Future proposed
+   sub-options are to be referenced symbolically in the Internet-Drafts
+   that describe them, and shall be assigned numeric codes by IANA when
+   approved for publication as an RFC.
+
+
+
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+
+
+Patrick                     Standards Track                    [Page 11]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
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+7.0 Intellectual Property Notices
+
+   This section contains two notices as required by [5] for standards
+   track documents.
+
+   The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
+   intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to
+   pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
+   this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
+   might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it
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+   The IETF has been notified of intellectual property rights claimed in
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+
+8.0 References
+
+   [1]  Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC 2131,
+        March 1997.
+
+   [2]  Alexander, S. and R. Droms, "DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor
+        Extension", RFC 2132, March 1997.
+
+   [3]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
+        Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October 1998.
+
+   [4]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
+        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
+
+   [5]  Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3", BCP
+        9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
+
+   [6]  Kent, S. and R. Atkinson, "Security Architecture for the
+        Internet Protocol", RFC 2401, November 1998.
+
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+
+Patrick                     Standards Track                    [Page 12]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
+
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+9.0 Glossary
+
+   DSLAM   Digital Subscriber Link Access Multiplexer
+   IANA    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
+   LIS     Logical IP Subnet
+   MAC     Message Authentication Code
+   RAS     Remote Access Server
+
+10.0 Author's Address
+
+   Michael Patrick
+   Motorola Broadband Communications Sector
+   20 Cabot Blvd., MS M4-30
+   Mansfield, MA 02048
+
+   Phone: (508) 261-5707
+   EMail: michael.patrick@motorola.com
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+Patrick                     Standards Track                    [Page 13]
+
+RFC 3046          DHCP Relay Agent Information Option       January 2001
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+
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