Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: 2.2 breaks DHCP, FUD or not ?? | Date | 24 Aug 1998 03:31:38 GMT |
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Followup to: <199808231701.VAA14317@dee.inr.ac.ru> By author: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hello! > > > I found this on 'dhcp-server' list. Plse tell me it's not true and > > that I'm just an ignorant victim of FUD. > > It is truth, but not all the truth. > > All the truth is that their dhcp client really uses > both bpf (for BSD), and dlpi (for SunOS), so that claims > that it is disasterous are nothing but false tears. 8)8) > > They will have to learn how to use packet socket finally > and will have to align their linux support with BSD's one. > Kernel will not make their work for them. > > Actually, several versions of dhcp clients for 2.1 > already exist, ISC could just accept them to their distribution. > > Alexey Kuznetsov >
Isn't there a library which lets you access raw sockets on any platform (it uses packet sockets on Linux, BPF on BSD, DLPI on SunOS and I believe it uses SNOOP/DRAIN sockets on IRIX)?
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