Re: Filter bootp requests based on MAC address?

From: Barry Margolin (barry.margolin_at_level3.com)
Date: 08/22/03 

Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:37:13 GMT

In article <eNjIEXBh7aR$EwOl@kontron.demon.co.uk>,
Andy Lennard <andy@kontron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>or to have to understand the implications when an IP 'connects' to
>bootpd, rather than just getting an IP from it...

BOOTP is a UDP protocol, there are no "connections". A client sends a
query, the server sends back a response, and that's it.

If the server is configured to only reply to certain MAC addresses, it
doesn't respond to any clients outside that list. 

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