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

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Wed, 08 May 2019 03:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [arch-d] [IAB] deprecating Postel's principle- considered harmful
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> ISTM taking the approach outlined in Martin's draft with QUIC
> is a good plan. I also know that this approach has improved
> TLS even though TLS didn't start out doing things this way.
> And I can totally buy it being valuable to at least consider
> taking this approach for any new work. So I do like the core
> idea on which the draft is based.

as a naggumite, being liberal in what one accepts seems too much
of a recipe for entropic chaos.  i would rather catch and fix my
(and your) bugs early.

randy

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