From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Yanping Du <ypdu2001@yahoo.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Will RFC1146 (tcp alternative checksum options) be implemented in Linux tcp stack ?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 02:29:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73sl4ay45q.fsf@crumb.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <887901.30138.qm@web55205.mail.re4.yahoo.com>
Yanping Du <ypdu2001@yahoo.com> writes:
> We found the standard 16-bit tcp checksum is not
> strong enough in some cases. Is there any roadmap on
> implementing RFC1146 (tcp alternative checksum
> options) in Linux tcp stack ?
The standard way to solve this problem is to either use
SSL or IPSec. They both use very strong checksums
and are widely supported unlike this obscure old RFC.
-Andi
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-17 0:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-16 1:15 Will RFC1146 (tcp alternative checksum options) be implemented in Linux tcp stack ? Yanping Du
2007-10-16 1:57 ` Ian McDonald
2007-10-16 3:38 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-10-16 10:28 ` Matti Aarnio
2007-10-17 0:29 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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