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Re: Do you run DHCP on IBM i?

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 8:38 AM Scott Williams <scottwill0707@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

but I can't
get a straight answer about why running DHCP on IBM i is "bad".


I dunno "bad" but a couple of reasons not to use IBM i as a DHCP server:

- Why use expensive IBM i to do what a cheap Linux VM or container in
the data center can do?
- Why attract more unidentified IP traffic to the crown jewels?



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