[ih] UDP Length Field?

Dave Crocker dhc at dcrocker.net
Sun Nov 29 15:03:25 PST 2020


On 11/29/2020 1:55 PM, Karl Auerbach via Internet-history wrote:
> I've often myself wondered why we have redundant length information at 
> various layers.


Arpanet:  Trust the network for reliability. Trust the network for 
accuracy (such as getting you to the right address.)

Internet: not so much.

d/

-- 
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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