Hi Phillip,
Basically the checksumming in IPv6 and IPV4 are pretty much the
same; same method but different pseudo-header. The format of the ipv6
pseudo-header is in RFC2460.
Regards,
Sean
> RFC 793 states in section 3.1 that:
>
> "The checksum also covers a 96 bit pseudo header conceptually prefixed to
> the TCP header. This pseudo header contains the Source Address, the
> Destination Address, the Protocol, and TCP length."
>
> How are people calculating the checksums on IPv6/TCP packets in current
> implementations? I assume that it is being done uniformly since people
> seem to interoperate, but for the life of me I can't seem to find it
> written down in any RFC. Can someone please point me to the appropriate
> reference?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
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