When the CRC and TCP checksum disagree.

When the CRC and TCP checksum disagree.

Traces of Internet packets from the past two years show that between 1 packet in 1,100 and 1 packet in 32,000 fails the TCP checksum, even on links where link-level CRCs should catch all but 1 in 4 billion errors. For certain situations, the rate of checksum failures can be even higher: in one hour-...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Computer communication review. 30, 4 (2000).
Main Author: Stone, Jonathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer systems organization.
Computer communication networks.
Network protocols.
TCP IP.
Network architecture and design.
Packet switching networks.
Local and wide area networks.
Internet (e.g., TCP/IP).
Design.
Measurement.
Performance.
Reliability.
Standardization.
Theory.