[outages] DHCP being dropped by Lumen?

Simon Lockhart simon at slimey.org
Wed Jun 8 11:30:44 EDT 2022


On Wed Jun 08, 2022 at 11:25:59am -0400, Jay Ashworth via Outages wrote:
> Is there any just cause for a wide area carrier like Lumen to pass a network
> level protocol like DHCP? Cause I can't think of one...

Centralised DHCP server in conjunction with DHCP relay at remote sites.

If I were buying an Internet service, I wouldn't expect my service provider
to arbitarily block some ports (unless it's to protect against an ongoing 
network attack, and it was communicated to customers).

Simon


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