[ih] history of protocol bugs

[Dave Crocker]

On 11/10/2023 10:43 AM, Steve Crocker wrote:
> I agree with Craig and Dave that #1 was an implementation bug and #2 
> was a specification bug.

Distinguishing between a specification-writing bug -- I'll call that 
misguided intent -- versus implementation bug, is fundamental.

Some years ago, there was a workshop at Stanford put on by a couple of 
CS professors, about 'problems with TCP/IP'.  Attendees included Larry 
Roberts and Barry Leiner, among others.  As usual, I was by far the most 
junior.

As presentations progressed it turned out that the problems these 
professors were concerned about were all implementation errors. And 
apparently they thought the problem was with the specifications...

d/

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