Re: [Geopriv] Confirmation of GEOPRIV IETF 68 Working Group Hums
John Schnizlein <[email protected]>
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The reason that DHCP is appropriate for information about the location of the host is that the scope of DHCP administration usually does match the local network to which the host is attached. Location is local information. John On Apr 20, 2007, at 3:38 PM, David W. Hankins wrote: > The point is that the ISO L(x) is not what one considers when judging > wether or not a certain configuration value "would make a good band > name. I mean DHCP option." > > What we (strive to) consider instead is the administrative scope > of the configuration information, and wether it matches common and > practical use of DHCP. On Apr 19, 2007, at 7:47 PM, David W. Hankins wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 03:38:40PM -0700, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: >> DHCP is a layer 3 technology that talks directly to layer 2. > > DHCP is a technology that dynamically configures hosts. > > If a host has a configuration knob that might reasonably and > properly be set by the systems administrator or the network you > are presently attached to, then it is reasonable and proper to > configure it via DHCP. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf