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Why is 0 UDP checksum not valid for IPv6?

Naveen Kottapalli <naveen.sarma@gmail.com> Thu, 05 January 2017 08:43 UTC

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From: Naveen Kottapalli <naveen.sarma@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:13:18 +0530
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Subject: Why is 0 UDP checksum not valid for IPv6?
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Hello,

Can anyone tell why is 0 UDP checksum isn't valid for IPv6, whereas it is
valid for IPv4?

Yours,
Naveen.

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