The "domain-search" option (option 119) allows a DHCP server to publish
a list of implicit domain suffixes used during name lookup. This option
is described in RFC 3397.
For instance, if the domain-search option says:
".example.org .example.com"
and one wants to resolve "foobar", the resolver will try:
1. "foobar.example.org"
2. "foobar.example.com"
The file /etc/resolv.conf is updated with a "search" directive if the
DHCP server provides "domain-search".
A regression test suite is included in this patch under
tools/regression/sbin/dhclient.
PR: bin/151940
Sponsored by Yakaz (http://www.yakaz.com)
The original DHCP specification includes a route option but it supports
only class-based routes. RFC3442 adds support for specifying the netmask
width for each static route. A variable length encoding is used to minimize
the size of this option.
PR: bin/99534
Submitted by: Andrey V. Elsukov <bu7cher@yandex.ru>
Reviewed by: brooks
accept NUL-terminated strings as required by RFC 2132.
This solution is not perfect as it removes the ability to send
NUL-terminated host-name options which may be required by some broken
servers. Given the current lack of an existance proof of such servers
and the fact that servers that send NUL-terminated domain names do
exist, this seems like an acceptable compromise. A discussion of these
issues can be found at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=dhcp-client&m=96837107208382&w=2
PR: bin/83468
Reported by: Sean Winn <sean at gothic dot net dot au>
MFC-after: 3 days
