[178891] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Searching for a quote
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ted Cooper)
Thu Mar 12 20:45:21 2015
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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:32:29 +1000
From: Ted Cooper <ml-nanog090304q@elcsplace.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 13/03/15 10:20, Jason Iannone wrote:
> There was once a fairly common saying attributed to an early
> networking pioneer that went something like, "be generous in what you
> accept, and send only the stuff that should be sent." Does anyone
> know what I'm talking about or who said it?
>
Jon Postel's Robustness Principal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel
