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Subject: Re: Router/Gateway laziness question
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Johnny,

The temptation is clear, but even Jon Postel's dictum:

"Be liberal in what you accept and strict about what you
generate" has its limits. The propagation of malformed
packets is not helpful - especially if somewhere down the
line there is a limited capacity channel through which
the damaged packets must travel.

I would move very cautiously in the direction you seem
to be heading. 

Vint