Re: Packet length: header vs. context

[pgut001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Gutmann)]

Jon Callas <jon@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>On Jan 6, 2007, at 6:09 AM, Ian G wrote:
>> The GNU world characterised this as "be precise in what you send,
>> be liberal in what you read."  That is, be accomodating when
>> finding input.  In this context the answer to the above question is
>> "accept the key."
>
>Postel said that, actually, long before there was any GNU except those one
>might find in a zoo.

And before Jon Postel said that, the MIT hackers said "Look for anything that
says 'Don't to X', then try as many variations of X as possible.  "Postel's
Law" is great for interoperability, terrible for security.

Peter.