DHCP broadcasts should not be forwarded, but a unicasted DHCP request/reply should be passed no differently from any other IP packet. -C
On Jun 8, 2022, at 8:30 AM, Simon Lockhart via Outages <outages@outages.org> wrote:
On Wed Jun 08, 2022 at 11:25:59am -0400, Jay Ashworth via Outages wrote:
Is there any just cause for a wide area carrier like Lumen to pass a network level protocol like DHCP? Cause I can't think of one...
Centralised DHCP server in conjunction with DHCP relay at remote sites.
If I were buying an Internet service, I wouldn't expect my service provider to arbitarily block some ports (unless it's to protect against an ongoing network attack, and it was communicated to customers).
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