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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: I never thought of this scenario
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 07:05:50 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 18:36:03 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:

> On 4/9/24 04:33, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> If DHCP were routable, you wouldn’t need “relay agents”.
> 
> DHCP is routable.
> 
> Not all uses of DHCP are routable.

What is the point of adding something to make those non-routable uses 
routable, if the protocol is already supposed to be routable?