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

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On 5/8/19 10:36 AM, Joe Touch wrote:

>>         …In general, it is best to assume that the network is
>>         filled with malevolent entities that will send in packets
>>         designed to have the worst possible effect.
>
> This is, IMO, where even one of the most cited interpretations goes 
> off the rails.
>
> Don’t assume malice where incompetence can suffice.

Except that today's network /is/ filled with deliberately malevolent 
entities who are sending traffic that is designed to act against the 
interests of the destinations of that traffic. And there's a such broad 
spectrum of such malevolence that there are essentially no white hats 
out there - only hats that look white if the sun angle is just right.

(and sure, some of the malevolent actors are incompetent, but they're 
getting more competent overall with each passing day)

Keith