address, assuming that some unauthorized system is using it.
Unfortunately, a malicious or buggy client can, using DHCPDECLINE
messages, completely exhaust the DHCP server's allocation pool. The
-server will reclaim these leases, but while the client is running
-through the pool, it may cause serious thrashing in the DNS, and it
-will also cause the DHCP server to forget old DHCP client address
+server will eventually reclaim these leases, but not while the client
+is running through the pool. This may cause serious thrashing in the DNS,
+and it will also cause the DHCP server to forget old DHCP client address
allocations.
.PP
The \fBdeclines\fR flag tells the DHCP server whether or not to honor
a particular scope, the DHCP server will not respond to DHCPDECLINE
messages.
.PP
+The \fBdeclines\fR flag is only supported by DHCPv4 servers. Given the large
+IPv6 address space and the internal limits imposed by the server's
+address generation mechanism we don't think it is necessary for DHCPv6
+servers at this time.
+.PP
.B The
.I client-updates
.B keyword