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