Le 2014-04-18 14:57, William Herrin a écrit : > Excluding references and remarks RFC 6888 is 8 pages long with 15 > total requirements. Short.
Given the trend toward ever-fluffier RFCs, I'll take that as a compliment. :) > I'll let the firewall document's authors speak for themselves about > their document's purpose. In the abstract, they said: ''This has > typically been a problem for network operators, who typically have to > produce a "Request for Proposal" from scratch that describes such > features.'' > > That says, "discriminator for potential purchases" to me. What's your take? I agree with your interpretation, and I disagree with the intent. > I agree that a "don't break the Internet' firewall requirements > document could have utility. But that doesn't appear to be this > document. And if done well, such a document would be short just like > RFC 6888. Full agreement. Simon