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1. profmo+p5[view] [source] 2019-10-04 06:44:52
>>stargr+(OP)
> I consider EDNS-less requests from Cloudflare as invalid.

If your site depends on a DNS extension that's only 3.5 years old (and designed to be optional), I think it's fair to say your site is just offline for some users due to a config mistake.

You're free to set up your servers however you like, but there's wisdom in Postel's law.

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2. throw0+jr[view] [source] 2019-10-04 12:06:47
>>profmo+p5
Another interpretation of the Law by Mark Crispin, father of IMAP:

  This statement is based upon a terrible misunderstand of Postel's
  robustness principle. I knew Jon Postel. He was quite unhappy with
  how his robustness principle was abused to cover up non-compliant
  behavior, and to criticize compliant software.

  Jon's principle could perhaps be more accurately stated as "in general,
  only a subset of a protocol is actually used in real life. So, you should
  be conservative and only generate that subset. However, you should also
  be liberal and accept everything that the protocol permits, even if it
  appears that nobody will ever use it."
* https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mail.pine/E5ojND1L4u8/i...

Further discussion on the topic:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9824638

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