Re: Thought on IPv6 Zero UDP Checksums
Gorry Fairhurst <gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Mon, 09 November 2009 06:34 UTC
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Using UDP-Lite would be fine. I'm not sure how a transition to UDP with no checksum would help the transport concerns with mis-delivery, etc. Gorry Margaret Wasserman wrote: > > I had a thought on the use of zero UDP checksums in IPv6... > > What if we allowed the use of zero checksums for UDP as a _negotiated > option_ in IETF tunneling protocols? Those protocols could default to > the use of UDP Lite (or UDP with non-zero checksums if their designers > prefer) and negotiate the use of Zero UDP checksums when both sides > support it. > > Margaret > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
- Thought on IPv6 Zero UDP Checksums Margaret Wasserman
- Re: Thought on IPv6 Zero UDP Checksums Gorry Fairhurst
- Re: Thought on IPv6 Zero UDP Checksums Joel M. Halpern