[perpass] Tiny stacks

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Mon, 09 December 2013 19:47 UTC

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Subject: [perpass] Tiny stacks
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On 09/12/2013 11:04, Stewart Bryant (stbryant) wrote:
(on a different list and under a differeny Subject header)
...

> Remembering of course that some platforms which wish
> to use the Internet simply do not have the capability for
> other than a very tiny very basic stack.
> 
> I always use the PIC and the Arduino to remind myself what the
> lower end of the franchise looks like.

It seems to me that perpass should think a little bit about
privacy and anti-surveillance issues for devices with tiny
stacks, and see if that calls for any specific IETF work items.

    Brian