The "Robustness Principle", RFC 793, Transmission Control Protocol, entire text of section 2.10 (September 1981).
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TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
— Jon Postel
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About Jon Postel
Jonathan Bruce Postel (August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist. He was the first and longest-serving editor of the ARPANET (later Internet) RFC document series, and wrote or edited many of protocol standards still used in the Internet today.
About Jon Postel
Jonathan Bruce Postel (August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist. He was the first and longest-serving editor of the ARPANET (later Internet) RFC document series, and wrote or edited many of protocol standards still used in the Internet today.
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