alt Hacker NewsThis doesn't have the vibes of something that's designed perfectly even in theory. This more has the vibes of "this was the least worst option"
This doesn't have the vibes of something that's designed perfectly even in theory. This more has the vibes of "this was the least worst option"
If you look at the FULL design, it's actually pretty good - things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_revocation_list CLRs have actual thought behind it - but I know of no system that actually IMPLEMENTS everything, for various practical reasons.
So from a spherical cow perspective, it's well-designed; from a "this has to work in the real world with real things and people" it's ... workable by violation of the design all the time.