Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon need updating

Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> Mon, 08 June 2020 00:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon need updating
To: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>, Joseph Touch <touch@strayalpha.com>
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On 6/7/20 4:52 PM, Salz, Rich wrote:
>>     Because the TCP headers aren't part of the hmac digest? Am I missing
>      something?
>
> And how does that affect the application data?  What corruption of TCP headers would not end up being noticed at the application layer and therefore TLS?
>

well, it could send it to the wrong port, but i'll guess that tls is on 
to that problem. i mean, it kind of sounds like you're saying the 
transport checksum failing isn't a big deal? creating a gigantic window 
would certainly not be a good thing in the face of congestion. transport 
mode ipsec wouldn't suffer those kinds of problems.

Mike