Jim Wise <jwise@draga.com> writes:
> The problem is, unlike the other udp ports which dhcpd(8) uses (67,
> 111), dhcpd does _not_ listen on port 68.  It appears that it is using
> bpf to snatch packets directly from the wire.

Why does it need to do that, anyway? Is there a good reason for it?
My suspicion is that it is done only so it can get the MAC address of the
requester or some such, and there should reasonably be a better way to
deliver such information to an application.

Perry
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