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TL;DR we'd have to switch away from Ethernet (802.3) entirely. Even Jumbo frames are vulnerable to silent corruption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_frame
by mjevans 1y ago
TL;DR we'd have to switch away from Ethernet (802.3) entirely. Even Jumbo frames are vulnerable to silent corruption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_frame#Error_detection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_frame#Error_detection
It was a good decision at the time, back when everything was far slower and more expensive.