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Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Checksum Change
draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpcsum-07

RFC
Document Stream: IETF
Last updated: 2002-05-07
Intended RFC status: Proposed Standard
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IESG State: RFC 3309
Responsible AD: Allison Mankin
IESG Note: Published: RFC 3309
Send notices to: <mankin@psg.com>, <jon.peterson@neustar.biz>

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http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpcsum.

Abstract:
Stream Control Transmission Protocol [RFC2960] (SCTP) currently uses an Adler-32 checksum. For small packets Adler-32 provides weak detection of errors. This document changes that checksum and updates SCTP to use a 32 bit CRC checksum.

Authors:
Randall Stewart <rrs@cisco.com>
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
Douglas Otis <dotis@sanlight.net>

(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid)