DHCP/DHCPv6 automatically configured firewall rules

[incorrect]

Is there a reason IPv4 UDP ports 546/547 and IPv6 UDP ports 67/68 are added automatically as allow when DHCP/DHCPv6 are used on an interface?

[marjohn56]

Think about it... what ports do dhcp and dhcp6 use? Now what would happen if the ports were closed?
Very easily googled..

[incorrect]

I understand why IPv4 UDP 67/68 and IPv6 UDP 546/547 need to be permitted, but as far as I'm aware DHCP doesn't use IPv6 and DHCPv6 doesn't use IPv4. The rules should match what the protocols use and require.

[marjohn56]

Good point, never noticed that.. Perhaps Franco or Ad can answer.

[packet loss]

I'm sure they will fix this issue. Somthing I noticed for awhile now is that there isn't enough coding logic to remove unneccesary automatically generated ipv4+v6 rules when IPv6 is disabled.

[Redundanz]

DHCP relay agents (DHCPv4 over IPv6 , vice versa) would use these ports afaik.

[incorrect]

I've tried to find reference in the relevant RFCs which explicitly permit this, but from my reading it is at least implied DHCP is restricted to transport via IPv4 and DHCPv6 via IPv6.

Is there any supporting documentation which specifies otherwise?

Is there an example of this being implemented outside of the formal specifications?