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information. DHCP is different from BOOTP in that <strong>the</strong> configuration information<br />

provided <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> host is only temporary. DHCP provides addresses <strong>to</strong> hosts in <strong>the</strong><br />

form of leases. These leases have limited life spans that are set by <strong>the</strong> server<br />

administra<strong>to</strong>r. This way, IP addresses are recycled as systems come on and leave<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>network</strong>. The DHCP server operates on UDP port 68 and, like BOOTP, operates<br />

on an unau<strong>the</strong>nticated client/server process.<br />

NOTE<br />

BOOTP needs <strong>to</strong> be supported by <strong>the</strong> host device. The IP address can be entered in<br />

<strong>the</strong> host's boot flash, ei<strong>the</strong>r obtained through RARP or by using an IP broadcast<br />

(255.255.255.255) and <strong>the</strong> E<strong>the</strong>rnet address (like RARP) <strong>to</strong> map <strong>the</strong> address.<br />

RFCs<br />

Requests for Comments (RFCs) are <strong>the</strong> building blocks of <strong>the</strong> Internet. All <strong>the</strong><br />

pro<strong>to</strong>cols, applications, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) start as RFCs.<br />

These comment documents are <strong>the</strong>n taken by various standards bodies and<br />

individuals and reviewed, implemented, and eventually published as standards. The<br />

RFC process is <strong>the</strong> corners<strong>to</strong>ne of <strong>the</strong> open systems approach. The following is a list<br />

of RFCs relevant <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>pics covered in this chapter. A good online resource for<br />

RFCs is http://www.it.kth.se/docs/rfc/.<br />

RFC 7 Internet Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 768 User Datagram Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 791 Internet Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 792 Internet Control Message Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 793 Transmission Control Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 821 Simple Mail Transfer Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 826 Subnet Access Pro<strong>to</strong>col ARP for 802.x <strong>network</strong>s<br />

RFC 903 Reverse Address Resolution Pro<strong>to</strong>col (RARP)<br />

RFC 917 Internet subnets<br />

RFC 919 Broadcasting Internet datagrams<br />

RFC 919 Internet Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 922 Broadcasting Internet datagrams in <strong>the</strong> presence of subnets<br />

RFC 922 Internet Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 932 Sub<strong>network</strong> addressing scheme<br />

RFC 947 Multi<strong>network</strong> broadcasting within <strong>the</strong> Internet<br />

RFC 950 Internet Pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

RFC 950 Internet standard subnetting procedure

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