Re: [Tsvwg] [SCTP checksum problems]

[Stephen Bailey <steph@cs.uchicago.edu>]

Lloyd,

Thanks for your input.

> Reality check, please.

Is your point that no protocol should ever assume that there's an
end-to-end integrity check operating at some layer below it?

The point of the iSCSI integrity check is not that to assume that
underlying layers (the transport and/or security & integrity) have
abdicated responsibility for end-to-end integrity.  It is a trust, but
verify model.  In a suitably trustworthy [or suitably devious]
environment you're wasting your time verifying.

Steph