Re: recommendation on DHCP6 source port numbers

Michael Richardson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.dhc
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David Farmer <[email protected]> wrote:
    > 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 used,
    > DHCP messages MUST be sent to their designated destination ports.

I guess I would just add:
    DHCP replies are never returned to the source port present in the packet.

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Michael Richardson <[email protected]>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide

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