It probably confuses some younger folks that the DHCP client port resolves to "bootpc" via /etc/services.
But there was this whole less sophisticated predecessor to DHCP called BOOTP. And it was a lot better than RARP (literally reverse ARP).
I think the last time I actually had to worry about BOOTP was playing with then-obsolete computers in the late-90s.
Jamie Magin 💜 /
npub1y5…sykqq
2023-11-01 22:10:22
Author Public Key
npub1y55qj3m45rln6ke50yxehrfgh9k7yp20zuq5ksuk38prc70fgdzq8sykqqPublished at
2023-11-01 22:10:22Event JSON
{
"id": "18fce5d6a34cf764884c19af1bd0ae08299ed8ceb3c6c799f07032015a28b233",
"pubkey": "2528094775a0ff3d5b34790d9b8d28b96de2054f17014b439689c23c79e94344",
"created_at": 1698876622,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://hachyderm.io/users/recursive/statuses/111337578355172996",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "It probably confuses some younger folks that the DHCP client port resolves to \"bootpc\" via /etc/services.\n\nBut there was this whole less sophisticated predecessor to DHCP called BOOTP. And it was a lot better than RARP (literally reverse ARP).\n\nI think the last time I actually had to worry about BOOTP was playing with then-obsolete computers in the late-90s.",
"sig": "47eec8d43da25a0fa6bd2dcf43428de8b50a0c0d61150dd11cb4df16a32282c6381b9ff92a4558396bba71ac2c7d6244cfae37f6d539c4c7a7960c661cfa79b7"
}