DHCP broadcasts should not be forwarded, but a unicasted DHCP request/reply should be passed no differently from any other IP packet.
-C > On Jun 8, 2022, at 8:30 AM, Simon Lockhart via Outages <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Wed Jun 08, 2022 at 11:25:59am -0400, Jay Ashworth via Outages wrote: >> Is there any just cause for a wide area carrier like Lumen to pass a network >> level protocol like DHCP? Cause I can't think of one... > > Centralised DHCP server in conjunction with DHCP relay at remote sites. > > If I were buying an Internet service, I wouldn't expect my service provider > to arbitarily block some ports (unless it's to protect against an ongoing > network attack, and it was communicated to customers). > > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Outages mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages _______________________________________________ Outages mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages
