IPv6

“Over the next few years, the Internet will undergo a significant architectural change as its core network layer protocol, Internet Protocol version 4, or IPv4, is replaced by Internet Protocol version 6, or IPv6…. [and] the IPv6 transition will affect every business that touches the Internet in any way.” - Akamai’s IPv6 Whitepaper.

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Special IPv6 IPs

  • Localhost = ::1 (same as 127.0.0.1 in IPv4)
  • link-local address = fe80::/64
  • unspecified address = ::
  • IPv4 representation in IPv6 = ::ffff:0:0/96 (ex: ::ffff:12.34.56.78)
  • multicast group for router advertisement (RA) = ff02::1
  • all-router multicast group = ff02::2

Stateless Address Autoconfiguration

Dual-stack

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  • Clients that suffer from broken IPv6 connectivity can experience broken ‘Net
  • Performance Parity between IPv4 and IPv6

global / site-local / link-local

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World IPv6 Day - 8 June 2011

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