Re: UDP data
Chris Donovan <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:14:26 +1100
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Yes the checksum is for the header and data. Keep in mind that the checksum value is optional in ipv4, but required in ipv6. Chris- On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Randi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Since UDP socket is not reliable, what the common way in user level to > check UDP communication's data for error (eg. malformed, corrupted, > etc.)? is the checksum field in the UDP header (struct udphdr) intended > to this problem? > > Randi > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html