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From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: V3.2 vs V4 UDP and NFS
Message-ID: <17725@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Date: 23 Mar 91 01:46:58 GMT
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In article <9103160909.AA01947@asylum.sf.ca.us> romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us writes:
+Fragment means the packet is fragmented at the IP layer. There's
+information in the IP header that says "this packet has been
+fragmented" as well as where it fits in the reassembled packet.

With UDP and NFS based on it, is there a check sum on the
reassembled packet. It seems that there is an assumption that the
ethernet hardware CRC etc. is enough, but is that true.
-- 

John Clark
jclark@ucsd.edu