HFT CORE SYSTEMS

IPv4/IPv6, UDP, checksums, and fragmentation

Lesson 34 of 96Phase 04: Network datapaths
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Learning objectives

What you should understand

  1. Parse IP and UDP headers safely
  2. Understand checksum scope and offload effects
  3. Avoid fragmentation through correct payload budgeting

Lab

Hands-on exercise

Decode crafted IPv4, IPv6 and fragmented UDP packets.

Deliverable

Evidence of completion

A parser test corpus covering truncation, checksum and fragmentation cases.

Prerequisite
EP 33

Phase 04

Network datapaths

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