Re: MVP for a DHCP server (was Re: ISC's EoL dhcp suite, including dhcpd)

Christos Zoulas <[email protected]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:31:03 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.devel.network
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> On Jul 18, 2025, at 8:28 AM, Roy Marples <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> ---- On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 21:41:17 +0100  Christos Zoulas <[email protected]> wrote ---
>>> All the other DHCP servers I have various issues with such as overly
>>> complex configuration or useless diagnostic errors as to what's wrong.
>>> Likely the configuration :)
>> 
>> What about the OpenBSD one which originated from the isc one?
> 
> Can't say that I looked at it to be fair.
> But if it originated from ISC then I still find it overly complex to setup for a simple installation.
> I understand that some people here want a really complex setup as well which is fine but I don't want that.

My understanding is that they removed most of the bloat (omapi etc).

> 
> So why can't we have both? Hence this new pet project of mine.

We can.

Best,

christos

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