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I forgot about TCPs use of CRC32. Still, I wonder if the time spent in CRC32 is a noticeable fraction of the total time. I guess it must be in some situations,

by almost 16y ago

I forgot about TCPs use of CRC32. Still, I wonder if the time spent in CRC32 is a noticeable fraction of the total time. I guess it must be in some situations, otherwise why would they put it in the chip...

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dfox 16y ago
That might be caused by the fact, that TCP does not use CRC, but it's own checksum algorithm (faster, less relaible).
- vilda 16y ago
  ...and very often is calculated by network card itself and left blank by OS. (See checksum errors in wireshark.)