[e2e] Open the floodgate

[Saad Biaz]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Michael Welzl wrote:

> Still, my question remains: why don't we have these separate
> checksums as a TCP option? It strikes me as a rather simple
> method for links where erroneous data are actually handed
> over, and I believe that it's about time we transferred these
> things from the world of research into the IETF.

When you have erroneous packets (for whatever reaso other than
congestion), who will inform about that? Maybe the addresses themselves
are erroneous. Besides, some packets just get completely junked ...
Special headers will not solve the problem.

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