Re: dhclient settings for local host name

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

Not asking this question for my benefit, but for the archives :)

On 19/03/2013 13:34, Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Mar 19, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost> wrote:
> > Some silly DHCP servers send parameters even if you didn't ask for 
> > them. So it's possible to send the hostname FOO, not request the 
> > hostname paramter and get the hostname BAR returned.
>
> We fixed this in dhcpv6.

Is that the RFC, the DHCPv6 part of dhclient only, or dhclient as a 
whole.
I'm guessing the latter which means dhclient-4.x
As of now, NetBSD only has dhclient-3.x in the base system so the 
scenario I described could still happen.

Thanks

Roy