Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC2131 (7776)

Hi all,

Note that we have updated the Original/Corrected text in this errata report to conform to the expected style. See https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7776.

Thank you,
RFC Editor/rv


> On Jan 23, 2024, at 8:25 AM, RFC Errata System <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC2131,
> "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol".
> 
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> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7776
> 
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Imrane <[email protected]>
> 
> Section: 4.3.1
> 
> Original Text
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> In the page 29 (if you were reading on a PDF),
> section "4.3.1 DHCPDISCOVER message"
> "table 3: Fields and options used by DHCP server",
> on the "options" list, the "Client identifier" option, 
> it says "MUST NOT" for both DHCPOFFER and DHCPACK, however on DHCPNAK it says "MAY".
> 
> Corrected Text
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> "Client Identifier" should be a "MUST NOT" for the DHCPNAK as well. 
> 
> Notes
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> It seems that the field should only be used by a client and never by a server, and if that's true for the OFFER and ACK, then it should be even more correct for the NAK.
> 
> "Vendor class identifier" has a MAY for all three messages, so maybe it was a typo in the previous option because of the repetitive input in the next one.
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> RFC2131 (no draft string recorded)
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> Title               : Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
> Publication Date    : March 1997
> Author(s)           : R. Droms
> Category            : DRAFT STANDARD
> Source              : Dynamic Host Configuration
> Area                : Internet
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
>