[178895] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Searching for a quote
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Thu Mar 12 20:57:48 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:44:26 -0500
From: Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <2oQE1q0011cZc5601oQF3n>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 3/12/2015 19:20, 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?
>
Postel's Law: Be generous in what you accept; strict in what you send.*
*From aging memory, but I think that is close.
--
The unique Characteristics of System Administrators:
The fact that they are infallible; and,
The fact that they learn from their mistakes.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
