Re: Why have we gotten away from running code?

Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch(_at_)muada(_dot_)com> writes:

> Sure, trying to implement something brings out bugs in the
> specification, but those are usually relatively minor things that
> don't go to the design of the protocol. And wide deployment generally
> shows that a protocol could have been better in one regard or
> another, and that some parts of it don't turn out to be useful in
> practice.
I don't agree, several IETF protocols that I've implemented while still
drafts have had major design changes done them because of an implementation
exposed serious flaws in them (secsh-gss, pk-init).

There are also specifications that would have been good to have
implementations before leaving the WG, because they are not
implemented-able as is (spkm).

Love

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