Re: Teachable moment

Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net> Mon, 09 September 2013 10:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: Teachable moment
From: Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net>
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> Absolutely. I have noted at least 20 messages in the recent flood that
> mention useful things the IETF can do, which is exactly what my provocative
> message asked for. But (as Bruce's own recent posts show) the main weak spots
> are not protocols and algorithms.

Yes. 

Jari