RFC 9225 - Software Defects Considered Harmful

Fri Apr 1 17:39:39 UTC 2022

Hi all,

It's super official now: no more software bugs in networking gear.
Sorry it took so long to document what the best current practise is!

Kind regards,

Job / Chris / Remco

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Subject: RFC 9225 on Software Defects Considered Harmful

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        RFC 9225

        Title:      Software Defects Considered Harmful 
        Author:     J. Snijders,
                    C. Morrow,
                    R. van Mook
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     Independent
        Date:       1 April 2022
        Mailbox:    job at fastly.com,
                    morrowc at ops-netman.net,
                    remco at asteroidhq.com
        Pages:      6
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-dont-write-bugs-00.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9225
        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9225

This document discourages the practice of introducing software
defects in general and in network protocol implementations
specifically.  Software defects are one of the largest cost drivers
for the networking industry.  This document is intended to clarify
the best current practice in this regard.

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