From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B8A223C6 for ; Mon, 20 May 2024 23:57:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9572843B79; Tue, 21 May 2024 07:57:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC6ED43B78 for ; Tue, 21 May 2024 07:57:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id BB76035E919; Mon, 20 May 2024 14:57:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 14:57:40 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Ben Kallus Message-ID: <20240520215740.GG27662@mcvoy.com> References: <20240520200226.80F428B9493A@ary.qy> <20240520201122.GC27662@mcvoy.com> <20240520211438.GF27662@mcvoy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Message-ID-Hash: 224GODS3LULUI2KUAE2PFL3S566SZUB6 X-Message-ID-Hash: 224GODS3LULUI2KUAE2PFL3S566SZUB6 X-MailFrom: lm@mcvoy.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: John Levine , tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: OT: LangSec (Re: A fuzzy awk.) List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Those would be the stupid people and you can't fix stupid. Seriously, people can twist anything into anything. Just because dumb people didn't understand his principle doesn't mean it was a bad principle. On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 05:46:48PM -0400, Ben Kallus wrote: > My point was that, regardless of Postel's original intent, many people > have interpreted his principle to mean that accepting garbage is good. > *This* interpretation is incompatible with LangSec. > > See RFC 9413 for an exploration of the many interpretations of > Postel's principle. > > -Ben -- --- Larry McVoy Retired to fishing http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat