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- From: ccg@tcdsp1.mmm.com ("Charles Ganzhorn")
- Subject: Re: PCS WITH DUPLICATE TCP ADDRESSES
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.191907.23824@mmm.serc.3m.com>
- Sender: ccg@tcdsp1 ("Charles Ganzhorn")
- References: <1992Dec19.000209.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca> <1992Dec19.135454.548@fallst> <1992Dec20.094107.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 19:19:07 GMT
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- BOOTP is major bad idea. You have to configure your routers to pass the
- silly stuff 'cuz you won't necessarily have a load host in all subnets.
- This means you lose the usual isolation that IP provides you between
- subnets (BOOTP uses a global IP broadcast).
-
- Also, if your BOOTP logs all requests, a station whose download doesn't
- get satisfied typically requests every five seconds and ends up filling
- up the logs on systems.
-
- Charles.
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