Re: taxonomies

Ed Gerck <[email protected]> Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:05:49 -0800
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I'd not think of it as a "counter requirement". It's a logical
consequence of the fact that in an internet no one can control
both sides of the connection, neitther sending nor receiving.
In short, it is a truism that the sender cannot control how
the recipient processes the message in an internet.

Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:

>    "The sender should be able to suggest the processing for a
> particular message."
>
> But a counter-requirement is:
>
>    "The recipient must be able to fully control the processing of
> messages received."