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1 | Subject: RFC-1048 compatible BOOTP server now available |
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| 4 | An RFC-1048 (BOOTP Vendor Information Extensions) compatible BOOTP (RFC-951) | |
| 5 | server is now available for anonymous FTP from lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu | |
| 6 | (128.2.13.21). The new server can be found in pub/bootp.2.0.tar. This is | |
| 7 | an enhanced version of the existing CMU BOOTP server which was derived from | |
| 8 | the original BOOTP server created by Bill Croft at Stanford. | |
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| 10 | New features and changes in version 2.0 include: | |
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| 12 | o Full support for the vendor information extensions described in RFC-1048. | |
| 13 | o Faster response time (host lookup via hash table instead of linear search). | |
| 14 | o New termcap-like configuration file format which allows greater flexibility | |
| 15 | in specifying the variable vendor information of RFC-1048. Host entries | |
| 16 | may refer to other hosts as templates so that redundant information need | |
| 17 | be specified only once. | |
| 18 | o Continued support for the CMU vendor information format. The server may | |
| 19 | be configured on a per-host basis to always reply with a certain vendor | |
| 20 | information format or to reply based on the client's request. | |
| 21 | o Expanded logging. | |
| 22 | o The server may now be run by inetd or as a standalone program like the | |
| 23 | old version. | |
| 24 | o The configuration and debugging dump files may be specified on the command | |
| 25 | line. | |
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| 28 | The server has been successfully tested on the following machines: | |
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| 30 | IBM RT PC running ACIS 4.3 (4.3 BSD) | |
| 31 | Sun 3/50 running SunOS 3.5 | |
| 32 | DEC MicroVAX II running Ultrix 1.1 | |
| 33 | DEC MicroVAX II running Ultrix 2.2 | |
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| 37 | Please direct questions, comments, and bug reports to | |
| 38 | Walt Wimer <ww0n@andrew.cmu.edu> or Drew Perkins <ddp@andrew.cmu.edu>. | |
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| 42 | Sincerely, | |
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| 44 | Walt Wimer | |
| 45 | Network Development | |
| 46 | Carnegie Mellon University |