Re: ADHCP version 0.3

[Adrian-Ken Rueegsegger <ken@codelabs.ch>]

Hello,

On 11/17/2012 01:35 AM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> It wasn't a comment at all, it was supposed to be a private message to 
> news@adaic.com to add this to the "tools and libraries" page on AdaIC. But I 
> pushed the wrong button and sent it to the list.

Ah I see.

> P.S. It would save me a lot of effort if people here would send these 
> announcements themselves to news@adaic.com; that's what it's for.

Ok, I will keep that in mind for future announcements.

> In this specific case, I'm not sure what use a DHCP client would be useful 
> for - getting IP addresses is something that has to be done very early in a 
> system's life and thus belongs to the kernel/OS and not the application 
> program. I could see if having use in an all-Ada system but that's about it. 
> So I viewed it more of an example program than anything you'd actually use 
> directly (much like the web server example that comes with Claw).

The motivation behind ADHCP and to write a DHCP implementation from
scratch was, that existing clients were not deemed to be robust enough.
The ADHCP implementation is designed to be simple while still being
conformant to RFCs related to the DHCP protocol.

I think that ADHCP is of interest for users which want a minimal DHCP
implementation with a focus on robustness and reliability.

Regards,
Adrian