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RFC 1071, "Computing the Internet checksum", September 1988

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 1141

Source of RFC: Legacy
Area Assignment: int
See Also: RFC 1071 w/ inline errata

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Errata ID: 7711
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Mohammed Amine CHAKIR
Date Reported: 2023-11-23
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Date Verified: 2023-11-28

Section 3 says:

We now present explicit examples of calculating a simple 1's
complement sum on a 2's complement machine.  The examples show the
same sum calculated byte by bye, by 16-bits words in normal and
swapped order, and 32 bits at a time in 3 different orders.  All
numbers are in hex.

It should say:

We now present explicit examples of calculating a simple 1's
complement sum on a 2's complement machine.  The examples show the
same sum calculated byte by byte, by 16-bits words in normal and
swapped order, and 32 bits at a time in 3 different orders.  All
numbers are in hex.

Notes:

A small typo in line 3 in the second occurrence of the word 'byte'

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