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Postel's Law

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 by Dave Winer.

The Robustness Principle, also known as Postel's Law, appears in the spec for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), edited by Jon Postel in 1981.  Permalink to this paragraph

There's a Wikipedia page on Postel's Law. Permalink to this paragraph



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