Hi, the reason for removing the IP-L3-Checksum?
a) nobody needs it ;-)
We have a Layer-2-Frame-Checksum and a UDP/TCP-Checksum - the UDP-Checksum must be used for UDP/IPv6.
b) performance-improvement
Routers don't have to re-calculate the IP-Checksum after decrementing the "TTL"-Field, wich is still there but renamed...
correct? //Ronald Heitmann
Fernando Gont wrote:
Hi,
IPv6 contains no checksum (while IPv4 *does*). What's the rationale behind this design decision?
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