Ftp-WG: Why redundant checksum

Hi all
Is the checksum into the IP header is nessesarily calculated or modules can 
ommit it and save the overhead of recomputing it at meny nodes along the 
route, especially when the IP is being serving a reliable transport protocol 
such as TCP which contains a another checksum for important fields inside 
the IP header itself?




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