Re: Microsoft takes 7 years to 'solve' a problem?!

["Elazar Broad" <elazar () hushmail com>]

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Dan has been an exception to just about every rule, including the
"you should take me seriously" rule. Not that this is a good thing,
the guy is brilliant...

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:40:42 -0500 Paul Schmehl
<pschmehl_lists () tx rr com> wrote:
> --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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