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> Quic needs to re-implement TCPs error checking... Have you ever err... checked how bad TCP's error checking is? It just adds together all 16-bit words! Hard

> Quic needs to re-implement TCPs error checking... Have you ever err... checked how bad TCP's error checking is? It just adds together all 16-bit words! Hard to imagine worse algorithm for the purpose.

johncolanduoni 8y ago
And with required authenticated encryption, one would hope an intervening switch or router couldn't accidentally forge a message that's supposed to be hard to forge when you're trying.