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Re: On-path attackers (Was: Re: Diversity and offensive terminology in RFCs)

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Fri, 21 September 2018 20:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: On-path attackers (Was: Re: Diversity and offensive terminology in RFCs)
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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I am a man. I do not object to the phrase "man-in-the-middle".

Could we stop this discussion now please? We can all easily agree
to avoid offensive language, and we have plentiful document review
processes to assist in this.

Regards
   Brian Carpenter

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