UDP
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... IBM NSMAIN nameserver running in cache mode (UDP queries do
not cause this problem, though it is usually a UDP ...
... UDP queries do
not cause this problem, though it is usually a UDP
resolution that is active upon the crash -- this resolution
...
...
SunOS 3.5 turns the UDP checksum off, which is legal and works
okay over interfaces such as ethernet ...
... thus running NFS over SLIP requires you to turn the UDP checksum
on. Otherwise, you'll experience erratic behavior such as the one
described above.
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