From: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
To: Ken Simon <ninkendo@gmail.com>
Cc: klibc@zytor.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: klibc ipconfig misbehavior in a network with DHCP snooping
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:46:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071210144639.GB16790@stro.at> (raw)
[ added klibc ml to cc ]
> I found a problem with klibc's "ipconfig" program, or at least, behavior
> that breaks DHCP on my thin clients (LTSP 5.0). It has to do with setting
> the giaddr field on dhcp_send in dhcp_proto.c, line 164.
thank you for digging into it.
> Otherwise, the relay agent SHALL forward any received DHCP packet
> with a valid non-zero giaddr WITHOUT adding any relay agent options.
> Per RFC 2131 <
> ;http://www.faqs.org/rfcs /rfc2131.html>, it shall also NOT modify the
> giaddr value.
got also a single klibc Debian bug report on it:
-> http://bugs.debian.org/432977
i'm adding the patch to my branch and will submit it to hpa asap.
--
maks
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