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by sofixa 1053 days ago
I really wish there was a better option for a Linux DHCP server. At my past job we were using isc-dhcp and it was absolutely horribly showing it's age (md5 api "keys", bespoke socket-based API "protocol", most things impossible to do via the "API", clustering that didn't really work, etc.). Kea is barely an improvement, with oddities such as being written in C++ and requiring recompiling for plugins, or an extremely weird API. It's obvious is still written by the same old folks who have no idea how software is supposed to work in the 2020s.

We need something modern - easy clustering, modern API, event stream, gRPC-based plugins, etc. (And yes, I have thought about developing it myself, it's on my pile of TODO)