Package: netcfg Version: 1.36 Severity: wishlist This is a wishlist bug so that this post does not get lost/forgotton: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2007/04/msg00988.html patches may follow as time and motivation allows!
The dhcp protocol and many (good) clients allow multiple dhcp servers. The debian-installer dhcp client sends a vendor-class-identifier of "d-i". The debian-installer dhcp client SHOULD be configurable to only accept dhcp leases which come from servers that send a reply containing a vendor-class-identifier of "d-i". If d-i is using dhclient then an /etc/dhclient.conf with a "select-timeout" line and a "require" line should enable this functionality if I have read the man page right. One more debconf key would be needed. If it was set true then ( select-timeout could be made equal to the dhcp timeout and require line could ve set ) . Note: netcfg seems to write out /etc/dhclient.conf just before calling dhclient. /etc/dhclient.conf in the initrd is edited as it is copied to the installed /target system. This editing would need to be updated if the code that writes /etc/dhclient.conf is changed. Alex Owen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
