RE: DHCP

["Jones, Steven" <sjones08@eds.com>]

u could set dhcp to give out a fixed address dependant on a mac address,
this would stop just anybody plugging a box into a network, if your network
is physically secure then thats not a worry. (a cat5 jack in reception or
some other public place is dodgy)

Otherwise dhcp makes life easier...its the only way to manage a decent sized
network.

:)

Steven

-----Original Message-----
From: Stewart James [mailto:stewart.james@vu.edu.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 October 2002 12:03 
To: debian-security@lists.debian.org
Subject: DHCP



I was hoping someone could help me out here. Currently I am still on a
netowrk using static IP configurationon each machine, we are finally
moving towards DHCP. Are there any security considerations to be made to
ensure there is no gapping security hole. the various howto's I have seen
don;t seem to have a clear "Security" section and I havent seen it
mentioned in any of the faq's

Thanks for any assistance,

Stewart James


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