@techreport{ietf-dhc-client-options-00, number = {draft-ietf-dhc-client-options-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dhc-client-options/00/}, author = {Richard Barr Hibbs}, title = {{Interpreting Client Options for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol }}, pagetotal = 24, year = 1999, month = oct, day = 19, abstract = {During the summer of 1999, a grand debate raged over the correct interpretation of several DHCP client options as described in {[}RFC 2132{]}, as well as the need for one option whose proposing Internet-Draft expired. As a result of that debate, the authors gained some insights into the intended (or unintended!) interpretation of certain options defined in {[}RFC 2132,{]} particularly the Vendor Class Identifier (option 60) and Vendor Encapsulated Options (option 43.) These insights are presented in this informational Internet-Draft, whose reason for being is to act as an aid to implementers of the DHC protocol, and to future editors of the underlying RFCs and selected, current Internet-Drafts. This memo is not being proposed as a standards-track document, but rather as an aid to clarify existing and future RFCs.}, }