> The IP header checksum is pretty straightforward: [...]  Here's the
> question: Is it proper to substitute a resulting value of 0x0000 with
> 0xffff as is done in UDP?

I can't see anything wrong with it.

I doubt it's necessary, but I have trouble seeing it causing trouble.

But I'm not an IP guru, so....

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