--On November 26, 2008 1:59:27 AM -0600 Elazar Broad
<elazar () hushmail com>
wrote:
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Um, NTLM isn't the only 20 or so year old protocol to take the
rap
recently, I can think of a low numbered rfc, lets say 1034 and
1035. Hindsight is 20/20, and 20 years ago, who would have
thought
that a 16 bit number was way too small for DNS transaction id,
the
same "who would have though" goes for NTLM and the rest. Lets
face
it, protocol design bugs suck, and to completely replace a
widely
used protocol ranks pretty high in the PiTA hall of fame...
In that particular case Dan Bernstein not only *did* think about
it but
actually did something about it. It's just that no one else was
listening.
Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already
obvious, my opinions are my own
and not those of my employer.
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