[H-GEN] DHCP server question

[David Jericho]

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On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:13:24AM +1000, Robert Stuart wrote:
> > > You should have at least one more question -- why use the old
> > > version 2 DHCP when you can get the new all-singing version 3
> > > from ISC?
> > 
> > Because version 3 has not been packaged and QA'd for release by Red Hat?
> 
> That begs the question - why?  What is the process for this to happen?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

The feature additions to DHCP v3 are:

- DHCP Failover Protocol support 
- OMAPI, an API for accessing and modifying the
- DHCP server and client state. 
- Conditional behaviour 
- Storing arbitrary information on leases 
- Address pools with access control 
- Client classing 
- Address allocation restriction by class 
- Relay agent information option support 
- Dynamic DNS updates 
- Many bug fixes, performance enhancements, and minor new DHCP protocol 
  features. 

If you need any of the above features, install DHCP v3 from ISC.
Otherwise why not stick with the vendor provided DHCP package?

The vendor provided package is probably more mature than the latest
and greatest release, and therefore a bit more stable and (in the
Linux world when it's maintained) secure. 

Take the Debian Exim maintainers view on upgrading Exim to version 4. v3 
is actively maintained for secure and bug fixes, and it works, so don't
fix it. If you want the new ACL support (which really adds upto a
rewritten config file), you can install Exim 4 manually.

-- 
David Jericho
Senior Systems Administrator, Bytecomm Pty Ltd


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