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Meinung/Sozialverhalten/RobustnessPrinciple

In der Internet-Richtlinie RFC 1123 wird das sogenannte Robustheitsprinzip für Internet-Server empfohlen. Dies läßt sich, wenn man etwas drüber nachdenkt, auch auf "Protokolle" zur Interaktion zwischen Menschen übertragen.

         1.2.2  Robustness Principle

         At every layer of the protocols, there is a general rule whose
         application can lead to enormous benefits in robustness and
         interoperability:

                "Be liberal in what you accept, and
                 conservative in what you send"

         Software should be written to deal with every conceivable
         error, no matter how unlikely; sooner or later a packet will
         come in with that particular combination of errors and
         attributes, and unless the software is prepared, chaos can
         ensue.  In general, it is best to assume that the network is
         filled with malevolent entities that will send in packets
         designed to have the worst possible effect.  This assumption
         will lead to suitable protective design, although the most
         serious problems in the Internet have been caused by
         unenvisaged mechanisms triggered by low-probability events;
         mere human malice would never have taken so devious a course!

         Adaptability to change must be designed into all levels of
         Internet host software.  As a simple example, consider a
         protocol specification that contains an enumeration of values
         for a particular header field -- e.g., a type field, a port
         number, or an error code; this enumeration must be assumed to
         be incomplete.  Thus, if a protocol specification defines four
         possible error codes, the software must not break when a fifth
         code shows up.  An undefined code might be logged (see below),
         but it must not cause a failure.

         The second part of the principle is almost as important:
         software on other hosts may contain deficiencies that make it
         unwise to exploit legal but obscure protocol features.  It is
         unwise to stray far from the obvious and simple, lest untoward
         effects result elsewhere.  A corollary of this is "watch out
         for misbehaving hosts"; host software should be prepared, not
         just to survive other misbehaving hosts, but also to cooperate
         to limit the amount of disruption such hosts can cause to the
         shared communication facility.

Was das mit LARP zu tun hat? Das kann man z.B. in Konsequenz als Deckmantel oder Zwei Regeln nachlesen. Wenn man, wie's hier wohl gemeint ist, "liberal" mit "großzügig" und "conservative" mit "zurückhaltend" übersetzt, paßt der Spruch auch ganz gut für jeglichen Umgang von Larper*innen untereinander. Vgl. Locker bleiben.

Es wäre, wie oben schon gesagt, sogar eine ganz brauchbare allgemeine Verhaltensregel ;-)

RalfHüls, 06.12.2003