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DNS and IPv6

Ron Aitchison

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Abstract

While IPv6 provides many improvements in network management, one of the major driving forces behind its design was to greatly increase address space. An IPv4 address uses 32 bits whereas an IPv6 address uses 128 bits. Thus, IPv6 is theoretically capable of providing many millions of IP addresses for every human on the planet! These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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While IPv6 provides many improvements in network management, one of the major driving forces behind its design was to greatly increase address space. An IPv4 address uses 32 bits whereas an IPv6 address uses 128 bits. Thus, IPv6 is theoretically capable of providing many millions of IP addresses for every human on the planet! These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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While IPv6 provides many improvements in network management, one of the major driving forces behind its design was to greatly increase address space. An IPv4 address uses 32 bits whereas an IPv6 address uses 128 bits. Thus, IPv6 is theoretically capable of providing many millions of IP addresses for every human on the planet! These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Key concepts: IPv6, IPv4, Address space, Computer science, IP address management, IPv6 address, Computer network, Computer security

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