Re: DHCP client with minimal functionality and size

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:25:59 +0000
Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost> wrote:

> On Thursday 17 January 2008 19:30:23 Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 07:24:04PM +0000, Roy Marles wrote:
> > > You've just described how every DHCP client operates without a
> > > link manager.
> >
> > So, why do I have to run Yet Another Program?
> 
> Because like most UNIX tools, it does one job very well and doesn't
> try to do anything beyond that. 

I agree -- it's very much the right way to do things.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb