Re: UDP checksum calculation - uses lenght twice ?

Arkady Frenkel <arkadyf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in berichtnieuws
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Hello Arkady,

> P.S. BTW Police officer ( in this case RFC sure not me :) describe
> that maybe not clearly enough but "This gives the TCP protection
> against misrouted segments" ( RFC ) is the explanation.

I'm sorry, but no ammount of effort on my part in trying to explain what I
want does seem to help ....

Your above answer is as correct as the "because otherwise it does not
function" one, but allso does *not* answer my question.

I'm asking why the calculation has been designed as it curently is, nothing
more, nothing less.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser



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