Re: I-D Action: draft-thomson-postel-was-wrong-01.txt

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On 2017-06-15 20:28, Bob Hinden wrote:
.. > I agree.

It also seems to me that having implementations "fail noisily in response to bad or undefined inputs" is a great formula to making implementations very fragile and consequently very easy to attack.  Overall, I think the approach outlined in this draft would not have allowed us to build the current Internet.
> ...

There's a distinction between failing as in "catching fire and exploding" (bad) and "signalling an error and not processing a request" (what Martin is describing).

Bob

p.s. The file name chosen for this draft appears to be a good example of stepping on the toes of those who came before, instead of standing on their shoulders.  See: http://wiki.c2.com/?ShouldersOfGiants

It was an excellent way to get attention. I think it's excellent that we are having this discussion.

Best regards, Julian




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