IPv6 address classes
IPv6 security - Addressing and auto-configuration
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IPv6 address classes
IPv6 security - Addressing and auto-configuration

Author : Jean-Michel COMBES

Publication date: May 10, 2013 | Lire en français

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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

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