Re: [PATCH] libnetworking/rtems_dhcp.c: Fix invariant DHCP transaction IDs.

2016-01-04 Thread Sebastian Huber
The rand() function doesn't produce a client specific random number. Its not clear to me how the bug is actually addressed. On 28/12/15 19:23, Aun-Ali Zaidi wrote: From: Tim Cussins The DHCP code in rtems uses an unchanging transaction id (xid) in the dhcp discover and request packets. It

[PATCH] libnetworking/rtems_dhcp.c: Fix invariant DHCP transaction IDs.

2015-12-28 Thread Aun-Ali Zaidi
From: Tim Cussins The DHCP code in rtems uses an unchanging transaction id (xid) in the dhcp discover and request packets. It is possible (and in fact has been observed) that DHCP servers may issue multiple OFFER packets in response to multiple REQUEST packets from the same device. The second