Re: UDP data

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Yes the checksum is for the header and data.
Keep in mind that the checksum value is optional in ipv4, but required in ipv6.

Chris-

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Randi <nightdecoder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>        Since UDP socket is not reliable, what the common way in user level to
> check UDP communication's data for error (eg. malformed, corrupted,
> etc.)? is the checksum field in the UDP header (struct udphdr) intended
> to this problem?
>
>        Randi
>
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