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Re: Requesting comments on draft-cheney-safe-02.txt

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Thu, 13 August 2009 05:26 UTC

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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:21:12 -0400
From: John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
To: "Cheney, Edward A SSG RES USAR USARC" <austin.cheney@us.army.mil>
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Subject: Re: Requesting comments on draft-cheney-safe-02.txt
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> Would you be so kind as to let me know what sort of specific prototype
> you would like?

Enough to show that it actually works, so you can get some user experience 
and see how well it works in real life, particularly exchanging mail with 
other people.

> All prior similar specifications began as definitions on paper before a 
> single piece of code was ever compiled, except for the transmission of 
> the first email.

I don't think you'll win many friends here with counterfactual claims 
about the history of the Internet.  Do read RFC 4677, which should be 
mandatory for anyone interested in the IETF.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.

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