On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:16:08 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > Why does dhcpd check the checksum, which is already done by the kernel?
dhcpd is using RAW sockets to work with Ethernet packets. (DHCP is used to configure IP, so it has to work on a lower level than IP.) RAW sockets bypass the kernels IP network stack (even iptbale rules!), so the kernel never gets a chance to check the UDP checksum. -- Philipp Hahn Open Source Software Engineer Univention GmbH be open. Mary-Somerville-Str. 1 D-28359 Bremen Tel.: +49 421 22232-0 Fax : +49 421 22232-99 h...@univention.de http://www.univention.de/ Geschäftsführer: Peter H. Ganten HRB 20755 Amtsgericht Bremen Steuer-Nr.: 71-597-02876 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
