Github user ctramnitz commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/531
dhcp also carries a client-id that is often (but not always and not
reliably) the hostname. While not reliable, this is intersting information,
especially since you don't have to perform (expensive) DNS lookups, but can
consume whats on the wire or a dhcp server reports.
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