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Re: [apps-discuss] IETF technical plenary: the end of application protocols

Dave CROCKER <dhc@dcrocker.net> Mon, 21 March 2011 15:44 UTC

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On 3/21/2011 8:15 AM, Claudio Allocchio wrote:
> and I will be there to pose lot's of questions about this security aspect of the
> proposed solutions. :-)


There is a difference between controlling the dais versus begging for time at 
the audience microphone.

My concern, based on the offered description, is that the presentation will be 
an exercise in unbounded boosterism.

Engineering is an exercise in discerning and selecting among tradeoffs.  This 
requires diligent efforts to acknowledge, understand and deal with downsides and 
well as upsides.

d/
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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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