RFC8962: Establishing the Protocol Police
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And it's not even one day. It's several days before and after. It's frustrating in a world of lies and misinformation that I don't even have the most trustworthy sources telling the truth anymore, even for a few days.
What? You just made that up. It's a holiday dedicated to pranking people and trying to have a laugh. There's no deep meaning behind it.
i did a double take while listening to the nature podcast on april 1st talking about rabbits -- with a genetic mutation that impacts their hind legs -- that walk about on their front paws only by doing handstands -- wondering "is this a complete-bullshit bad-taste easter-themed april fools joke - or is this a real thing". it that case it seems like it is a real thing.
3.2. Recruitment
The Protocol Police shall be recruited from the IETF community, and shall preferably be selected from the IETF's Standards Area Directors (SAADs), as defined in [RFC5543].
5.3. Disobeying RFCs
A Protocol Police officer, when faced with a violation of a protocol specification, is required to issue a citation, as laid out in Section 7.1.
> 9. IANA Considerations
> If this work is standardized, IANA shall set up a registry for criminal networks and addresses. If the IANA does not comply with these orders, the Protocol Police shall go and cry to ICANN before becoming lost in its bureaucracy.
Quick reminder that icann.sucks is only $185k.
There are none for you to worry about. The Police will see to it."
"In the beginning was the RFC, and the network was with the RFC, and the RFC was with the network. Through the RFC all things were made; without the RFC nothing was made that has been made. In the network was life, and that life was the light of all the INTERNET. Thou shalt not deviate from the path set out in the RFCs or else thou shall be scattered over the data plane."
"Using powerful machine-learning mechanisms for threat analysis, the Protocol Police will identify networks that are likely to fail to comply with this requirement. This process is known as Heuristic Internet Policing (HIP). Networks identified in this way will be disciplined by the Protocol Police with TCP RSTs. Let it be known: the Protocol Police always shoot from the HIP."
"Before the Protocol Police, there was no security. The Police have arrived. All your networks are belong to us."
> Using powerful machine-learning mechanisms for threat analysis, the Protocol Police will identify networks that are likely to fail to comply with this requirement. This process is known as Heuristic Internet Policing (HIP). Networks identified in this way will be disciplined by the Protocol Police with TCP RSTs. Let it be known: the Protocol Police always shoot from the HIP.