Merge pull request #40 from rcloran/no-icmpv6-cksum

Don't calculate checksum for ICMPv6
bparli · Oct 5, 2023 · 0eb6d32 · 0eb6d32
2 parents 027c393 + 9a10fe9
commit 0eb6d32
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/ping.rs b/src/ping.rs
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ fn send_echov6(
     echo_packet.set_identifier(ping.get_identifier());
     echo_packet.set_icmpv6_type(icmpv6::Icmpv6Types::EchoRequest);
 
-    let csum = util::checksum(echo_packet.packet(), 1);
-    echo_packet.set_checksum(csum);
+    // Note: ICMPv6 checksum always calculated by the kernel, see RFC 3542
 
     tx.send_to(echo_packet, ping.get_addr())
 }