Re: Checksum at IP layer - is it even needed ?

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On 16 December 2015 at 16:03, Alexey Eromenko <al4321@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It should not.
> I say, that if TCP had a powerful checksum (like CRC32 or above),

And you couldn't figure out who was mangling, only that packet was
mangled. Identifying and thus fixing the issue would be nearly
impossible, even for an operator who would want to fix it. Due to time
and cost involved in doing so.

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