[systemd-devel] [RFT] DHCPv4 support in networkd

[Tom Gundersen]

On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
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> Am 02.01.2014 16:41, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
>> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>>> the problems are that if someone comes back with his Apple notebook
>>> this crap starts to using the old ip-address and triggering all sorts
>>> of alarms, firewall-rules and so on
>>
>> Hm, sounds odd. This protocol is precisely meant to avoid that sort of
>> problem (by detecting whether or not you are connecting to the same
>> network). I heard that some old Apple devices used a more naive
>> protocol that would indeed just reuse the old IP... When did you last
>> experience this? Any clue about what hardware/software version it was
>> causing the problem?
>
> 2013, OSX 10.6, the first Mac Book Pro generation not supported
> by OSX > 10.6 as far as i know, one bought a few months later
> would be supported
>
> given that this machines are not that old and expensive they
> will exist longer here and there (yes i know about the securtiy
> nightmare but in that context OSX should be banned at all)

Thanks, I'll try to dig into this a bit before implementing anything
(and anyway, I expect this to be configurable if we add it).

Cheers,

Tom