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Netcat is tcp is "reliable" and has checksums for each packet, as long as the length is right you can be reasonably assured that the file transferred correctly.
by gpm 6y ago
Netcat is tcp is "reliable" and has checksums for each packet, as long as the length is right you can be reasonably assured that the file transferred correctly.
Not that extra checksums are a bad idea...
- Matthias247 6y agoTCP indeed has checksums! But they are known not to offer ultimate protection. I had to deal with hosts corrupting TCP streams due to bad hardware before. Which was luckily detected by higher level checksums.
- kortex 6y agoIs there a streamlike tool (a la sed, gzip, etc) that applies forward error correction? I've been looking for such a thing but can't find one that scratches the itch.
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