Hi Ran, Thanks for the explanation. It was very useful. On 12/06/2011 02:35 PM, RJ Atkinson wrote: > > Bob, > > My read of the relevant RFCs is that the > DHCP Line-ID option specifies the use of the "NVT" > character set. > ... > Now, if one's goal is *strict* compatibility with > the DHCP Line-ID option, then the NVT character > set (originally specified in very early RFCs) > ought to be specified.
This is not a goal but is certainly a limiting factor. I have checked with a few BBF operators and they believe that the printable subset of 7-bit ASCII should be sufficient to hold the line ids. From my reading of RFC854 (is there a more specific reference?) it seems that NVT should be able to hold all possible line-ids. Thanks Suresh -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
