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1. IPv6 address classes
IPv6 addresses are 128-bit encoded, whereas IPv4 addresses were 32-bit encoded, as shown in figure 1 illustrating IPv4 and IPv6 headers.
There are several IPv6 address classes, corresponding to the scope of the address, and several IPv6 address types, corresponding to the procedure used to generate the IPv6 address. Figure 3 summarizes the properties of these...
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NIST-CSRC – National Institute of Standards and Technology Computer Security Resource Center http://csrc.nist.gov
IANA – Internet Assigned Numbers Authority – Domain name management, number resources and protocol assignment http://www.iana.org
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