RFC Errata
RFC 1531, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", October 1993
Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 1541
Source of RFC: dhc (int)See Also: RFC 1531 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 546
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Jim Withnall
Date Reported: 2001-10-31
Section 4.4.4 says:
Any DHCPACK messages that arrive with an 'xid' that does not match the When the client receives a DHCPACK from the server, the client computes the lease expiration time as the sum of the time at which the client sent the DHCPREQUEST message and the duration of the lease in the DHCPACK message.
It should say:
Any DHCPACK messages that arrive with an 'xid' that does not match the 'xid' of the client's DHCPREQUEST message are silently discarded. When the client receives a DHCPACK from the server, the client computes the lease expiration time as the sum of the time at which the client sent the DHCPREQUEST message and the duration of the lease in the DHCPACK message.