Re: recommendation on DHCP6 source port numbers
David Farmer <[email protected]>
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Substitute "DHCP messages" for traffic in the last paragraph. On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 10:24 AM David Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Would this text clarify things? > > Clients receive DHCP messages on UDP (destination) port 546. Servers and > relay agents receive DHCP messages on UDP (destination) port 547. > > Clients, servers, and relay agents MAY send DHCP messages from any UDP > (source) port they are allowed to use, including their designated > destination ports. Nevertheless, regardless of the source port the client > uses, the server or relay agent MUST send traffic to the designated > destination port of the client. And vice versa, regardless of the source > port used by the server or relay agent, the client MUST send traffic to the > designated destination port of the server or relay agent. > > > Thanks > > On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 10:03 AM Ole Troan <otroan= > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Bernie, >> >> > DHCPv6 has been successfully deployed and this is the first I recall of >> this kind of discussion/issue. >> > You would likely also invalidate a lot of implementations with such a >> change, which is not really in line with advancing this to Full Standard. >> >> It’s a lot more important to have the specification clear and >> unambiguous. I think it has been shown that it isn’t. >> Happy with whatever solution there is consensus for, but the ambiguity >> has to be resolved I think. >> >> O. >> _______________________________________________ >> dhcwg mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg >> > > > -- > =============================================== > David Farmer Email:[email protected] > Networking & Telecommunication Services > Office of Information Technology > University of Minnesota > 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 > Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 > =============================================== > -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:[email protected] Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 =============================================== _______________________________________________ dhcwg mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg