> RFC951 says that a BOOTP host that doesn't know its address should
> accept any UDP packets addressed to the bootpc port, regardless of
> the IP address.  RFC951 says a host that doesn't know its IP address
> should discard packets that:
> 	* Are not BOOTreplys
> 	* do not match the local IP address, if  known, or the local
> 	  MAC address;
> 	* Don't match any bootp xid.

Um, assuming the host is a bootstrapping host, with the interface not
promiscuous, with nothing in the IP stack listening for anything except
bootp and with no outbound traffic being sent other than the bootp
messages, how exactly does the end result without your additional code
violate the above and/or differ from the end result with your additional
code?

Dennis Ferguson