The IPv6 version of the DHCP protocol is commonly called DHCPv6. ==History== In 1984, the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP), defined in RFC 903, was introduced to allow simple devices such as diskless workstations to dynamically obtain a suitable IP address.
RARP was superseded by the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) defined in RFC 951 in September 1985.
DHCP was first defined in RFC 1531 in October 1993, but due to errors in the editorial process was almost immediately reissued as RFC 1541. Four years later the DHCPINFORM message type and other small changes were added by RFC 2131; which remains the standard for IPv4 networks. DHCPv6 was initially described by RFC 3315 in 2003, but this has been updated by many subsequent RFCs.
As of 2002, RFC 3118 had not seen widespread adoption because of the problems of managing keys for large numbers of DHCP clients.
DHCP was first defined in RFC 1531 in October 1993, but due to errors in the editorial process was almost immediately reissued as RFC 1541. Four years later the DHCPINFORM message type and other small changes were added by RFC 2131; which remains the standard for IPv4 networks. DHCPv6 was initially described by RFC 3315 in 2003, but this has been updated by many subsequent RFCs.
A 2007 book about DSL technologies remarked that:there were numerous security vulnerabilities identified against the security measures proposed by RFC 3118.
The challenges of key management and processing delays due to hash computation have been deemed too heavy a price to pay for the perceived benefits. Architectural proposals from 2008 involve authenticating DHCP requests using 802.1x or PANA (both of which transport EAP).
A 2010 book notes that:[t]here have been very few implementations of DHCP Authentication.
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