On 2 Jun 2015, at 6:22, Nico Williams wrote:
Your objections w.r.t. DoS attack characterization are hardly "broad"
enough.
If the IETF wish to make HTTP/S the default access mechanisms for RFCs,
drafts, etc., that's fine. My point is that the larger 'HTTP/S
everywhere' campaign has serious drawbacks, and that the problems it
causes in broadening the DDoS attack surface while at the same time
making it more difficult and expensive for defenders to mitigate DDoS
attacks are both broad and quite serious.
And I strongly suggest that the IETF stay out of socio-political issues
and stick to its knitting with regards to technical innovation.
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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins(_at_)arbor(_dot_)net>