Are both UDP and IP unreliable to the same degree? Why or
why not?

Answer Posted / jose mendez

In terms of data integrity, UDP is more reliable than IP. Checksum in the IP header only applies to the header itself, not to the whole packet. The UDP checksum applies to the whole user segment: header plus data.

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