Network Working Group                                           T. Lemon
Request for Comments: 4361                                       Nominum
Updates: 2131, 2132, 3315                                 B. Sommerfield
Category: Standards Track                               Sun Microsystems
                                                           February 2006


                  Node-specific Client Identifiers for
       Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version Four (DHCPv4)

Status of This Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).

Abstract

   This document specifies the format that is to be used for encoding
   Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version Four (DHCPv4) client
   identifiers, so that those identifiers will be interchangeable with
   identifiers used in the DHCPv6 protocol.  This document also
   addresses and corrects some problems in RFC 2131 and RFC 2132 with
   respect to the handling of DHCP client identifiers.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................2
   2. Terminology .....................................................2
   3. Applicability ...................................................2