%% You should probably cite draft-iab-protocol-maintenance instead of this I-D. @techreport{thomson-postel-was-wrong-01, number = {draft-thomson-postel-was-wrong-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-thomson-postel-was-wrong/01/}, author = {Martin Thomson}, title = {{The Harmful Consequences of Postel's Maxim}}, pagetotal = 7, year = 2017, month = jun, day = 12, abstract = {Jon Postel's famous statement in RFC 1122 of "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send" - is a principle that has long guided the design of Internet protocols and implementations of those protocols. The posture this statement advocates might promote interoperability in the short term, but that short-term advantage is outweighed by negative consequences that affect the long-term maintenance of a protocol and its ecosystem.}, }