Hi all, It's super official now: no more software bugs in networking gear. Sorry it took so long to document what the best current practise is! Kind regards, Job / Chris / Remco ----- Forwarded message from rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org ----- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 10:17:37 -0700 (PDT) From: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org To: ietf-announce@ietf.org, rfc-dist@rfc-editor.org Cc: drafts-update-ref@iana.org, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org Subject: RFC 9225 on Software Defects Considered Harmful A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 9225 Title: Software Defects Considered Harmful Author: J. Snijders, C. Morrow, R. van Mook Status: Informational Stream: Independent Date: 1 April 2022 Mailbox: job@fastly.com, morrowc@ops-netman.net, remco@asteroidhq.com Pages: 6 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-dont-write-bugs-00.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9225 DOI: 10.17487/RFC9225 This document discourages the practice of introducing software defects in general and in network protocol implementations specifically. Software defects are one of the largest cost drivers for the networking industry. This document is intended to clarify the best current practice in this regard. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce ----- End forwarded message -----