On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 03:13:57PM -0400, MightyE wrote:
> I agree, I don't think it's unreasonable to reject improperly formatted
> messages.
> Take the low road
> catchall, and simply reject them as a matter of course.
this runs counter to the maxim of Postel
<http://www.postel.org/postel.html>:
"Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send."
-- jon
RFC-1122 (originates in RFC760)
or was that wisdom for a different time?
`"What would Jon have done?", we will think, as we wrestle in the
days ahead with the problems Jon kept so well tamed for so many years.'
--Vint Cerf
RFC 2468
> I agree, I don't think it's unreasonable to reject improperly formatted
> messages.
> Take the low road
> catchall, and simply reject them as a matter of course.
this runs counter to the maxim of Postel
<http://www.postel.org/postel.html>:
"Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send."
-- jon
RFC-1122 (originates in RFC760)
or was that wisdom for a different time?
`"What would Jon have done?", we will think, as we wrestle in the
days ahead with the problems Jon kept so well tamed for so many years.'
--Vint Cerf
RFC 2468
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