[tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctp-zero-checksum-09.txt> (Zero Checksum for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol) to Proposed Standard

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Subject: [tsvwg] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctp-zero-checksum-09.txt> (Zero Checksum for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol) to Proposed Standard

The IESG has received a request from the Transport and Services Working Group
WG (tsvwg) to consider the following document: - 'Zero Checksum for the
Stream Control Transmission Protocol'
  <draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctp-zero-checksum-09.txt> as Proposed Standard

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
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Abstract


   The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) uses a 32-bit
   checksum in the common header of each packet to provide some level of
   data integrity.  If another method used by SCTP already provides the
   same or a higher level of data integrity, computing this checksum
   does not provide any additional protection, but does consume
   computing resources.

   This document provides a simple extension allowing SCTP to save these
   computing resources by using zero as the checksum in a backwards
   compatible way.  It also defines how this feature can be used when
   SCTP packets are encapsulated in Datagram Transport Layer Security
   (DTLS) packets.




The file can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctp-zero-checksum/



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