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Re: Postel's Principle and Layer 9 protocol engineering

Bron Gondwana <brong@fastmailteam.com> Mon, 07 June 2021 05:58 UTC

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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:58:27 +1000
From: Bron Gondwana <brong@fastmailteam.com>
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Subject: Re: Postel's Principle and Layer 9 protocol engineering
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On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, at 08:35, Dean Willis wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> On Jun 6, 2021, 3:56 PM, Larry Masinter < LMM@acm.org> wrote:
> 
> I disagree with your characterization of “kill them all” as “commonly used” or as a “term of art”. 

What about "nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"?

Bron.
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