Re: debian first in slashdot poll
Actually, DHCP is extremely useful in a corporate environment, especially when
there is a shortage of IP addresses to go around. It is also useful to help
keep employees from running ftp servers from their workstations. If their IP
address keeps changing, it makes it more difficult.
Dave Bristel
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:18:10 -0700
> From: Steve Lamb <morpheus@rpglink.com>
> To: Steve Willer <willer@interlog.com>
> Cc: Joop Stakenborg <aba@casema.net>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: debian first in slashdot poll
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> Wednesday, August 25, 1999, 10:02:17 AM, Steve wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Steve Lamb wrote:
>
> >> I dunno about dhcp (which I don't think is really needed, IMHO, unless
> >> people really want to work in an MS environment with that hack) but I do know
> >> that slink does have ipchains. Only 2-3 days ago did I upgrade my main
>
> > DHCP is a hack? It's an MS environment hack??
>
> Did I say it was an MS hack? No. I said it was *A* hack and, in my
> experience, only used within a Microsoft environment. If I had meant to say
> it was an MS hack I would have said, "unless people really want to work with
> that MS hack."
>
> > DHCP for a net admin. I take it you only use Linux at home?
>
> No, I use Linux and Windows.
>
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