"David W. Schultz" <[email protected]> writes:

> But in block chain mode the current checksum will depend on all previous
> checksums. What happens when a packet gets dropped?

It's a packet protocol, not a stream protocol. Each packet is
checksummed separately.

> How do you prevent someone from recording a valid data packet and
> resending it? The answers are probably in the code but I see multiple
> versions of telelco with no idea which to look at.

There's a timestamp in each packet to avoid repeated data, plus the two ends
have synchronized clocks -- packets are only valid for a short time so a
simple repeat of an existing packet will not be valid.

-- 
-keith

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