RFC 7291 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2014

DHCP Options for the Port Control Protocol

Overview

RFC 7291, “DHCP Options for the Port Control Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2014 by M. Boucadair, R. Penno, D. Wing. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies DHCP (IPv4 and IPv6) options to configure hosts with Port Control Protocol (PCP) server IP addresses. The use of DHCPv4 or DHCPv6 depends on the PCP deployment scenarios. The set of deployment scenarios to which DHCPv4 or DHCPv6 can be applied is outside the scope of this document.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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