@misc{rfc9653, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 9653, howpublished = {RFC 9653}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC9653}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9653}, author = {Michael Tüxen and Victor Boivie and Florent Castelli and Randell Jesup}, title = {{Zero Checksum for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol}}, pagetotal = 11, year = 2024, month = sep, abstract = {The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) uses a 32-bit checksum in the common header of each packet to provide some level of data integrity. If another method used by SCTP already provides the same or a higher level of data integrity, computing this checksum does not provide any additional protection but does consume computing resources. This document provides a simple extension allowing SCTP to save these computing resources by using zero as the checksum in a backwards-compatible way. It also defines how this feature can be used when SCTP packets are encapsulated in Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) packets.}, }