On 01/04/2015 18:38, Joe Touch wrote:
On 4/1/2015 1:14 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote:
Because the IPv6 delivery header does not include a checksum of its
own, it is subject to corruption.
SB> It is subject to corruption whether or not it has a checksum.
SB> The point is that there may be undetected corruption. However
SB> detection in only probabilistic even with a checksum. So
SB> I think that that this text should be:
Because the IPv6 delivery header does not include a checksum of its
own, it is subject to higher probability of undetected corruption.
The probability of undetected corruption is 100%. And a checksum isn't
the only way to detect errors.
IMO:
Because the IPv6 delivery header does not include error detection, it is
subject to undetected corruption.
Joe
.
I accept that there are other possible error checking technique, but
the original text is talking about checksum. However no check is
perfect so I still think it needs to be:
Because the IPv6 delivery header does not include error detection,
it is subject to a higher probability of undetected corruption.
- Stewart
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