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RE: [Xen-users] DNAT TCP checksum error

To: "'Jason'" <xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Javier Guerra'" <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] DNAT TCP checksum error
From: "Steffen Heil" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:39:15 +0200
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Hi

> which as I understand it will re-enable checksums at the 
> virtual interface level and worked very well for me.  If I 
> hear something back on why this code is set to disable 
> checksums, I will post it to here.

I suspect this is about performance.
I see no reason to compute (and check) checksums for packets only used
inside the system.
These checksums are for detecting physical layer problems in real networks.

Regards,
  Steffen

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