IETF draft-meow-mrrp-00

Posted by varun_ch 8 hours ago

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Comment by chrismorgan 6 hours ago

https://f.matdoes.dev/notice/B5MVd4KD0Oh5Rfwaoq:

> i wrote an internet standard https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html (it's published on ietf.org so you know it's real and official and endorsed by the ietf)

Sounds like a reaction to the IPv8 draft, pointing out that anyone can publish anything there and it means nothing.

Comment by brianpane 7 hours ago

This seems ill-advised. The protocol as documented is trivially exploitable by reflection attacks. The cat next door said one meow, and now every cat in the neighborhood is wailing in response.

Comment by zdw 6 hours ago

Dogs have the same failure mode, except also influenced by non-domesticated canines such as coyotes and wolves, so a worse attack vector.

Comment by DeepYogurt 7 hours ago

I guess this shows how low of a bar there is for getting something in as an ietf draft. Adds context for that ipv8 post from the other day for sure

Comment by zamadatix 7 hours ago

The author has a fun website too: https://matdoes.dev/

Complete with 88x31 buttons, sparkling star gifs, and a visit counter.

Comment by vondur 6 hours ago

Reminds me of the chicken presentation: https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf

Comment by teddyh 6 hours ago

Disappointingly, this draft does not reference previous important and influential work in this field: <https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf>.

(Also available in video format: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk>)

Comment by hootz 7 hours ago

Why?!

Comment by frantathefranta 7 hours ago

It feels like a reply to the IPv8 draft[0] that got viral yesterday.

[0]: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thain-ipv8-00.html

Comment by cosmojg 6 hours ago

Oh wow, yeah, this is clearly a parody of that IPv8 draft. Just look at the ASCII tables! I suppose it's a commentary on how low the bar is for submitting drafts to the IETF.

Comment by dark-star 6 hours ago

That IPv8 one at least made sense. This one here doesn't, and it is not even funny

Comment by ectospheno 6 hours ago

The ipv8 one required all traffic on a network comprising 4 billion ips to go through one server. It was far from sensical.