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- From: trier@slc6.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Re: BOOTP and the first stage bootstrap
- Date: 4 Jan 1993 19:22:39 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
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- References: <1993Jan4.173958.17884@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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- In article <1993Jan4.173958.17884@dg-rtp.dg.com> peterson@commtg3.rtp.dg.com (Kevin Peterson) writes:
- >Is there a configuration option in bootp that will allow a
- >client to get a bootp request from one machine and the first
- >stage bootstrap from another machine.
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- This seems to be an ugly part of the BOOTP protocol. If you look in section
- 7.3 of RFC 951, the client is expected to use the siaddr field as the TFTP
- server's IP address and sname as the name. I would think it would be safe to
- set siaddr and sname to something other than the BOOTP server's address.
- Why would the client want the BOOTP server's address? What it really needs
- is the TFTP (or other boot protocol) boot address.
-
- I'm sure this will be a controversial suggestion, but I think it's justified.
- It satisfies the use of the siaddr (and sname) fields, if not the intent.
- If it really bothers you, think of it as "proxy BOOTP". ;-)
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