Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon need updating
Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Fri, 05 June 2020 17:00 UTC
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From: Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca>
To: Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@gmail.com>,
Craig Partridge <craig@tereschau.net>, ietf@ietf.org
Subject: Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon need updating
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Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@gmail.com> wrote: > Would the Fletcher checksum, which is also 16 bits but has CRC like > properties and is easy for low powered h/w to calculate be sufficient? > I am curious as to where these errors are occurring. The MAC will be > CRC protected in post case. Are the errors surviving the MAC or are > they introduced in the h/w? I think that we must assume some amount of bit flips in memory between MACs (meaning both MAC CRC and MAC devices). I wonder if this has also gotten worse now that ethernet controllers can calculate (and segment) traffic. /me pines for ubiquitous deployment of AH. -- Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>ca>, Sandelman Software Works -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
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- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Craig Partridge
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Richard Barnes
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Craig Partridge
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Richard Barnes
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Richard Barnes
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Christian Huitema
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Christian Huitema
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Joseph Touch
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Stewart Bryant
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Joseph Touch
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Richardson
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Craig Partridge
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Masataka Ohta
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… John Levine
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Joseph Touch
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Christian Huitema
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Joseph Touch
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Salz, Rich
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Salz, Rich
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Richardson
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Benjamin Kaduk
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nick Hilliard
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Carsten Bormann
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nick Hilliard
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Joe Touch
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nick Hilliard
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nick Hilliard
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Carsten Bormann
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… John C Klensin
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Richard Barnes
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Russ Housley
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Warren Kumari
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… John C Klensin
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Christian Huitema
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… John C Klensin
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Craig Partridge
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Eric Rescorla
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Craig Partridge
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Nico Williams
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… John Levine
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Warren Kumari
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… John R Levine
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… tom petch
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Salz, Rich
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Carsten Bormann
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Salz, Rich
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Craig Partridge
- Re: The TCP and UDP checksum algorithm may soon n… Michael Thomas