Yes the checksum is for the header and data. Keep in mind that the checksum value is optional in ipv4, but required in ipv6. Chris- On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Randi <nightdecoder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > Since UDP socket is not reliable, what the common way in user level to > check UDP communication's data for error (eg. malformed, corrupted, > etc.)? is the checksum field in the UDP header (struct udphdr) intended > to this problem? > > Randi > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
