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New RFC Adds "Evil Bit"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 1, 2003 @01:02AM from the that-does-simplify-matters dept.

Nashirak writes "This is new RFC that introduces new security measures into IPv4 header. The measures include an "evil bit" that can be set an unset according to wether the packet is evil or not."

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Re:Intentional? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-04-01 01:14 · Score: 2, Insightful

Of course it is. And the joke is on all those people too ready to whine about dupes (and the unceasing amount of aprils fools stories - no matter that they do this /every/ year), rather than thinking just a bit further. (It never ceases to amaze me how so many people here can forget that the editors are geeks just like us, and thus almost per definition should be assumed to have at least a moderate amount of intelligence.)
Re:Dup by muffen · 2003-04-01 01:16 · Score: 3, Insightful

Actually, if they posted it again, it would be kinda funny again. I think the odd number of times something is posted, it's funny. Even number of times, it's just not as good to read.

Check the download.com april first joke.
Reaching new audiences by SlashdotMakesMeKool · 2003-04-01 01:16 · Score: 1, Insightful

Slashdot April 1st jokes used to be a lot more subtle than this.

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consistent, but not particularly funny by endoboy · 2003-04-01 02:23 · Score: 2, Insightful

Ok, so it's april fool's day... but 2 spelling mistakes in a 2 sentence joke?