> If the content is not understood by anyone except the intended endpoint
> the occasional misdelivery is surely of no consequence.
> the occasional misdelivery is surely of no consequence.
There's still a risk of port pollution (IPv4) or destination pollution (IPv6)
from misdeliveries without checksums.
not understood != not handled and pushed up the stack.
Lloyd Wood
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From: Stewart Bryant <stbryant@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@xxxxxxxxx>; Alexey Eromenko <al4321@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: ietf <ietf@xxxxxxxx>; Jared Mauch <jared@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 10:04
Subject: Re: Checksum at IP layer - is it even needed ?
On 14/12/2015 21:55, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> I suppose: "Why are we trying to solve this in tcp/udp? why not solve
> this at the application layer with TLS?" .
Yes, I was wondering about this.
If the content is not understood by anyone except the intended endpoint
the occasional misdelivery is surely of no consequence.
Stewart