North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Kiss-o'-death packets?
E.B. Dreger wrote: > HTTP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient > checking. Thus HTTP is a bad idea. > > SMTP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient > checking. Thus SMTP is a bad idea. > > SNMP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient > checking. Thus SNMP is a bad idea. > > Come to think of it, IP stacks have had vulnerabilities due to > insufficient checking. IP is a bad idea, too. No, please do not twist my words; I referrred to poor implementations of good ideas. Nowhere did I say that the protocol is bad as a result of poor implementations. Peter
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