Re: [arch-d] deprecating Postel's principle- considered harmful

Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 8 May 2019 19:55:49 -0400



    On 5/8/19 7:51 PM, Joe Touch wrote:

    
          On May 8, 2019, at 9:49 AM, Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
            wrote:
          

                Don’t assume malice where incompetence can
                  suffice. 

                
              Except that today's network is filled with
                deliberately malevolent entities.. 
            
          
      All we experience are behaviors; It’s more than
        sufficient to react to them.
      

      Attributing intent isn’t any more useful here than
        in a courtroom.
    
    I'm fairly confident that nearly everyone who attacks a system or
      network finds ways to justify their actions to themselves as
      promoting some version of a greater good.   But if you're trying
      to design a robust system or network or protocol, it's probably
      unwise to give the attackers the benefit of the doubt.

    
    Keith