LISP Machines had all this long before

http://fare.tunes.org/LispM.html
LISP Machine will automatically discover its configuration, finding its network address, the namespace server, etc. CHAOS probably had all this long before DHCP first appeared in 1996

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I decided to look up the details and it seems he was persecuted because he decided to speak for human rights and in favor of certain dissidents and against certain political actions of the current rulers. It had nothing to do with his work.