[unisog] Mac OS X 10.4.x "DHCP client sometimes remains BOUND aftersending DHCPDISCOVER" bug

[David W. Hankins]

On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 05:19:15PM -0500, Irwin Tillman wrote:
> My point is that the RFC does indeed expect the server to figure out
> the state of the client in some places, and behave differently.

The reason the server needs to detect these things is because a
DHCPREQUEST communicates client intent.  The DHCPREQUEST message
is overloaded.  This is why these overloaded meanings are
segregated into different messages in DHCPv6.

DHCPDISCOVER communicates no intent.

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