Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!VENERA.ISI.EDU!braden From: braden@VENERA.ISI.EDU Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: ICMP Information Request Message format Message-ID: <8903212011.AA02367@braden.isi.edu> Date: 21 Mar 89 20:11:36 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 5 The Host Requirements RFC draft says ICMP Information Request/Response is a SHOULD NOT. The discussion notes that RARP and BOOTP are better approaches to booting a diskless host. Bob Braden