Tag
ossification
- Aug 4, 2025 Reserved Values and the Practice of Keeping Extension Points Alive How unallocated code points, GREASE values, and deliberate noise keep implementations honest about skipping unknown fields, and what that costs on the wire. internet protocols
- May 30, 2024 Middlebox Ossification and Frozen Invariants How on-path devices that parse protocol fields freeze a design, why visible invariants become dependencies, and the strategies that keep extension points usable. internet protocols