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be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept

• The above line is how Wikipedia describes it as often being worded
• The original statement is from here:
  • DOD STANDARD - TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL, January 1980
  • datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc761#section-2.10

    • 2.10. Robustness Principle

    • TCP implementations should follow a general principle of robustness:
      be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from
      others.