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From: mar@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: BOOTP Extensions
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Date: 7 Oct 88 17:05:50 GMT
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We are examining dynamic address assignment here at Project Athena
too.  However, we are not happy with BootP and RARP because they
require advance configuration of the servers.  We are designing a new
protocol for complete on-the-fly generation of new addresses along
with assignment of netmask, broadcast address, and default gateway.
Once the network interface is properly configured, it is possible to
go through gateways to servers elsewhere for more information.

Hopefully we will have a draft RFC available very soon.
					-Mark Rosenstein
					Project Athena Systems Development