Re: HEAD UP: dhcpcd-6.0.0 imported

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

On 21/06/2013 23:33, John Nemeth wrote:
> On Jun 21, 11:15pm, Roy Marples wrote:
> } Subject: Re: HEAD UP: dhcpcd-6.0.0 imported
> } On 21/06/2013 22:39, John Nemeth wrote:
> } > On Jun 21,  8:55pm, Roy Marples wrote:
> } > }   * a DUID is now generated in /etc/dhcpcd.duid and this is 
> used as a
> } > }     client ID for DHCPv4 and DHCPv6
> } > }     This does mean that you may get new DHCPv4 addresses
> } >
> } >      Why are you doing a DUID for DHCPv4?  That does not make any 
> sense
> } > and violates POLA/POLS.
> }
> } See RFC4361.
>
>      Ugh!  That's annoying.  My dhcpd.conf uses MAC addresses for
> the cases where I want the client to have a fixed address.

That still works because the MAC address is inside the chaddr field of 
the DHCP message :)
Hence my wording *may* get a new DHCPv4 address.

Thanks

Roy