IPv4 and IPv6
noun · network addressing · element 82 of 117
The two versions of the Internet Protocol's addressing: IPv4's 32-bit addresses are running out, IPv6's 128-bit addresses are not.
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What is IPv4 and IPv6?
Every device on a network needs an IP address. IPv4, from 1981, has about 4.3 billion addresses, which ran out years ago and survive through tricks like NAT. IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses, enough that scarcity stops being a design constraint.
Most networks now run both, which is why IP address management is a product category of its own.
How I use IPv4 and IPv6
At Bizzolutions, a London secure software company, IPv4 and IPv6 were part of the work on secure applications and site configurations for UK cyber security clients.
- BizzolutionsSecure developmentBizzolutions · 2017 to 2019