Bacterial issues almost seems like policy. Many users may desire bacterial enriched tea, the protocol should not enforce local policy, though it can present interfaces for policy application. > On Apr 5, 2014, at 5:41 PM, <l.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Look, if the water is not boiling, it may contain more bacteria, > with adverse effects on health. Boiling water properly > is most likely to kill that bacteria and prevent infection. > > Boiling the water is best practice, and you should use that > best practice even though you clearly don't understand why. > Trust us, you'll come to love it. It's for your own good. > > This is clearly another security threat to be prevented, and > the IETF's core work and primary focus is on mitigating > security threats that the IETF created in the first place. > > Boiling could have been mentioned in the security considerations > section. I see there's no mention of TLS or SHA or authenticating > commands either - so the IETF needs to set up a security group to > fix and properly secure HTCPCP-TEA immediately. > Documenting how everyone must always make tea will also be > a useful outcome of this group. > > get to it, Stephen! > > Lloyd Wood > http://about.me/lloydwood > ________________________________________ > From: ietf [ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Randall Gellens [randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 04 April 2014 00:29 > To: Elwyn Davies; Andrew G. Malis > Cc: IETF Discussion > Subject: Re: RFC 7168 on The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol for Tea Efflux Appliances (HTCPCP-TEA) > > At 12:37 AM +0100 4/2/14, Elwyn Davies wrote: > >> We also need the internationalized version to cater for all those >> excellent varieties of China Tea. A nice drop of pu-erh perhaps? > > I stopped reading when I saw that there was no provision for handling > more delicate teas, just as Japanese sencha or gyokuro, which require > significantly cooler water and shorter brewing times. I'm not sure > I'd characterize this as a question of internationalization, since it > involves fundamental protocol elements and operation rather than user > display text. > > -- > Randall Gellens > Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only > -------------- Randomly selected tag: --------------- > The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it > has taken place. --G. B. Shaw >