Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 15:15:14 -0700 From: Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@ethereal.net> To: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> Cc: support@junglenote.com, "[FreeBSD-Questions-List] (E-post)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dhcpd Message-ID: <19990816151513.C23619@ethereal.net> In-Reply-To: <199908131356.AA024672593@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu>; from Mitch Collinsworth on Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 09:56:33AM -0400 References: <01BEE57E.591E98D0.support@junglenote.com> <199908131356.AA024672593@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu>
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On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 09:56:33AM -0400, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > > >I'm looking for a dhcp solution where the server denies address-lease > renewal > >and forces the > >client to request a lease for another. In other words the main idea is that > th > >e client address > >changes with every renewal period. Is it possible and if so how? > > I'm not sure why you would want to do this. I can only imagine one > possibility: an attempt to prevent your users from setting up servers > on dhcp clients. > > I don't think you've fully thought this through. What do you expect to > happen to open sessions when the IP address suddenly changes underneath > them? Your users will want your head if you do this to them. You > really need to think of a different solution. > > -Mitch That is a very broad and sweeping thing to say. I think you are likely right about servers, but also, it is a good tool for keeping people from trying to keep 24/7 connections open; the behaviour you list as something that should make that comletely useless is, in fact, the behaviour looked for. Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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