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RFC 1071: Computing the Internet checksum
Still current, but amended. Parts of this document are changed or extended by RFC 1141. Read both.
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC summarizes techniques and algorithms for efficiently computing the Internet checksum. It is not a standard, but a set of useful implementation techniques.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1071
- Published
- September 1988
- Authors
- R.T. Braden; D.A. Borman; C. Partridge
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 24
- Also known as
- —
- Updated by:
- RFC 1141
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One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.
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