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BOOTP

The Bootstrap Protocol client retrieves its networking information from a server across the network. It sends out a general broadcast message to request the information, which is returned by the Bootstrap Protocol server. For the protocol specification, see ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc951.txt.

Stateful firewall support requires that you configure the BOOTP ALG on UDP server port 67 and client port 68. If the client sends a broadcast message, you should configure the broadcast address in the from statement of the service rule. NAT is not performed on the BOOTP traffic, even if the NAT rule matches the traffic. If the BOOTP relay feature is activated on the router, the remote BOOTP server is assumed to assign addresses for clients masked by NAT translation.

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