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> proves that the overall architecture is robust. Not really. What it shows is the stark difference between two ideologies. The first camp contains people wh
by IncRnd 5y ago
> proves that the overall architecture is robust.
Not really. What it shows is the stark difference between two ideologies. The first camp contains people who believe in Postel's Law, "be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others". The second camp has people who recognize that the current world is not a cooperative network of researchers: "all input is untrusted".
Krebs is absolutely in the second camp.
- shadowgovt 5y agoBut the two philosophies aren't really in contention. Proper adherence to Postel's law also includes accepting malicious traffic (and then doing something reasonable with it, like black-holing it). The "liberal in what you accept" part is mostly honest acceptance of the reality of the network: you cannot control the information sent to your service, only how you respond to it.
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- inopinatus 5y agoThese are not ideologies, but compatible principles from separate concerns. One relates to protocol errors, the other to information validation & verification.
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