Suppose that one byte in a buffer covered by the Internet checksum algorithm needs to be decremented

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Suppose that one byte in a buffer covered by the Internet checksum algorithm needs to be decremented (e.g., a header hop count field).

Give an algorithm to compute the revised checksum without rescanning the entire buffer. Your algorithm should consider whether the byte in question is low order or high order.

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Computer Networks A Systems Approach

ISBN: 9780128182000

6th Edition

Authors: Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie

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