Does Linux support DHCP

[worley at ariadne.com (Dale R. Worley)]

   From: "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at zk3.dec.com>

   > >Has anyone out there used DHCP to obtain IP addresses. DHCP is a Microsft 
   > >rpotocol to dynamically assign IP addresses to a client. Has anyone 
   > >implemented it in Lunux yet.
   > 
   > No no no no Microsoft didn't invent it.

   In a meeting last year, a senior executive from Microsoft claimed that 
   Microsoft developed the DHCP protocol. 

Well, I suspect that he was rather severely extending the truth.
Looking at RFC 1531 <ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1531.txt> (October
1993), I see 21 references, but none of them name Microsoft.  There is
an "Acknowledgments" section:

   Greg Minshall, Leo McLaughlin and John Veizades have patiently
   contributed to the the design of DHCP through innumerable discussions,
   meetings and mail conversations.  Jeff Mogul first proposed the
   client-server based model for DHCP.  Steve Deering searched the
   various IP RFCs to put together the list of network parameters
   supplied by DHCP.  Walt Wimer contributed a wealth of practical
   experience with BOOTP and wrote a document clarifying the behavior of
   BOOTP/DHCP relay agents.  Jesse Walker analyzed DHCP in detail,
   pointing out several inconsistencies in earlier specifications of the
   protocol.  Steve Alexander reviewed Walker's analysis and the fixes to
   the protocol based on Walker's work.  And, of course, all the members
   of the Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group of the IETF have
   contributed to the design of the protocol through discussion and
   review of the protocol design.

Perhaps some Microsoft people participated in the DHCP Working Group.

Dale
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