Re: Checksum in IPv6 header

[Antonio Querubin <tony at lava.net>]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Rahim Choudhary wrote:

> Another point to note is this. In the case that a packet checksum/hash 
> is used, a corrupted packet gets dropped on its way, whereas without 
> such a checksum/hash it is dropped at the destination. Thus additional 
> network resources are consumed. All this is assuming that layer 2 CRC 
> has been circumvented.

Router CPU is also a network resource and would be consumed if checksum 
was required - adding to overall latency, possibly additional hardware 
costs...


Antonio Querubin
whois:  AQ7-ARIN

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