Paul Vixie Quotes

Paul Vixie is the author of several RFCs and well known UNIX system programs and is an authority about DNS and other internet protocols.

"With usenet gone, we just don't teach our kids entertainment-level hyperbole any more."

Source: NANOG mailing list

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"Note that I hold the single-author record for total CERT advisories, proving that in my copious youth I knew how to sling code but not how to manage risk." (2002)

Paul Vixie
— Source: NANOG mailing list
— Notes: talking about software security bugs.

Tags: Note, hold, record, total, advisories, proving, copious, youth, knew

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"The Internet is not for sissies." (1994)

Paul Vixie
— Source: ba.internet
— Notes: in a reply to a luser.

Tags: Internet, sissies

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"Fragmentation is like classful addressing -- an interesting early architectural error that shows how much experimentation was going on while IP was being designed." (2000)

Paul Vixie
— Source: NANOG mailing list

Tags: Fragmentation, addressing, interesting, early, architectural, error, shows, experimentation, going

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"You sound like a man with a vision. Care to pass that bong over this way?" (2004)

Paul Vixie
— Source: NANOG mailing list

Tags: You, sound, man, vision, Care, pass, bong, over

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"The internet has no government, no constitution, no laws, no rights, no police, no courts. Don't talk about fairness or innocence, and don't talk about what should be done. Instead, talk about what is being done and what will be done by the amorphous unreachable undefinable blob called the internet user base." (2004)

Paul Vixie
— Source: NANOG mailing list

Tags: internet, government, constitution, laws, rights, police, courts, talk, fairness

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"personally i prefer the MX RR and a stylized name, but i was trying to solve the problem rather than create an industry." (2004)

Paul Vixie
— Source: NANOG mailing list
— Notes: about Sender Policy Framework.

Tags: personally, prefer, MX, stylized, name, trying, solve, problem, create

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"isc remains deeply apologetic that prior versions of BIND did not properly catch the configuration error that you appear to have built your business on." (2001)

Paul Vixie
— Source: IETF/namedroppers mailing list

Tags: remains, deeply, apologetic, prior, versions, BIND, properly, catch, configuration

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"Usually they finish by whining «but I WANT it!!!» and so, I tell them: «So what? Everybody wants something. I want a pony. Get over it.»"

Paul Vixie
— Source: CircleID article
— Notes: referring to proponents of multiple DNS roots.

Tags: finish, whining, WANT, tell, what, Everybody, wants, something, pony

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While discussing the merits of djbdns over BIND (2004):Niek: "Bind people don't ack djb points and vice versa."Paul Vixie: "i don't ack djb's existence, not merely his 'points.'"

Paul Vixie
— Source: NANOG mailing list

Tags: While, discussing, merits, over, BIND, people, ack, points, vice

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"Being obscure in acronyms is great. I think I'll start making up my own... INYM - I'm Not Your Momma." (2005)

Paul Vixie
— Source: Personal account (Long car ride)

Tags: obscure, great, think, start, making, own, Momma

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"i've been lawsuit-threated [sic] by experts, and i can tell you from that experience, dv8 appears to not be an expert."

Paul Vixie
— Source: IETF mailing list archive

Tags: been, experts, can, tell, you, experience, appears, expert

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