Re: WG Last Call for DHCP draft

Ted Lemon <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:55:34 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.dhc,gmane.ietf.ipoib
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This draft uses a SHOULD to specify what data should be in the client 
identifier. This is in conflict with another draft that's in the 
process of working its way through to last call - 
draft-ietf-dhc-3315id-for-v4-??.txt. This is a bad thing - someone 
reading this spec will wonder which of the two specifications 
supersedes the other. I don't see any reason to specify the format of 
the client identifier in this draft - instead, refer the reader to 
draft-ietf-dhc-3315id-for-v4-??.txt and to RFC2132 for advice on how to 
format the client-identifier option.

Also, you have a reference to RFC1542. This is superseded by RFC2132, 
so you should refer to RFC2132 instead - it is a huge mistake for 
someone to read RFC1542 as advice on how to implement a DHCP client, 
and so this draft shouldn't imply that the reader ought to look at 
RFC1542 - he or she oughtn't.

Ralph, what's going on with draft-ietf-dhc-3315id-for-v4-??.txt? This 
is getting a little bit embarrassing... :'}