it is true that the risk profile has changed in the last 30 years. his core belief in interconnecting things in an open way, enabling _anyone_ to create,build, and deploy is the core of ISOCs “permission less innovation” thrust. crypto/security folks are green with envy … it is somewhat “sour grapes” no? I count my time working for him as one of the highlights of my life. In some respects, I still do… :) /bill PO Box 12317 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 310.322.8102 On 12March2015Thursday, at 17:31, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
Jon Postel. I'm told that it is out of favor these days in protocol-land, from a security standpoint if nothing else.
Mike
On 3/12/15 5:24 PM, Tom Paseka wrote:
Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept
^http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Jason Iannone <jason.iannone@gmail.com> wrote:
There was once a fairly common saying attributed to an early networking pioneer that went something like, "be generous in what you accept, and send only the stuff that should be sent." Does anyone know what I'm talking about or who said it?