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From: dab@VAX.FTP.COM
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: BOOTP Policy Question
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Date: 17 May 89 13:42:32 GMT
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I'd say the server shouldn't reply if it doesn't have the requested file.
Not only does the client knows best, but there is likely to be another
bootp server that has the boot load that the client is looking for.

						David Bridgham