Subject: Re: ip_flow.c
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Charles M. Hannum <root@ihack.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 02/01/1999 00:15:04
>> Or on the other hand, how many people (besides Perry) would actually
>> enable checksumming on hosts doing gatewaying for packets being forwarded
>> given the pros and cons as discussed to date ?
>
> It's also needed for debugging. One might find circumstances that
> cause it to be important...

This just keeps getting funnier.  Are you people going to boycott IPv6
because it doesn't give you option?  I wasn't even suggesting that.

At any rate, I will add an option to disable the checksum checking in
the fast forwarding path.  End of story.