RFC 4291:IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
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... Currently, IPv6 continues the IPv4 model in that a subnet prefix is associated with one link ...
... 3. An alternative form that is sometimes more convenient when dealing with a mixed environment of IPv4 and IPv6 nodes is x:x:x:x:x:x:d.d.d.d, where the 'x's are the hexadecimal values of ...
... 8-bit pieces of the address (standard IPv4 representation). Examples: 0:0:0:0:0:0:13.1.68.3 ...
... IPv6 address prefixes is similar to the way IPv4 address prefixes are written in Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR ...
... Global Unicast addresses that contain embedded IPv4 addresses (for the purposes of IPv4-IPv6 ...
... addresses that contain embedded IPv4 addresses (for the purposes of IPv4-IPv6 interoperation) are described in Section 2.5.5. ...
... prefixes of arbitrary bit-length, similar to IPv4 addresses under Classless Inter-Domain Routing. ...
... of Global Unicast, such as IPv6 addresses with embedded IPv4 addresses. Additional address types or subtypes can be defined in the future. ...
... start with binary 000 are the IPv6 address with embedded IPv4 addresses described in Section 2.5.5. An example of global addresses starting ...
... IPv6 Addresses with Embedded IPv4 Addresses ...
... Two types of IPv6 addresses are defined that carry an IPv4 address in the low-order 32 bits of the address ...
... the low-order 32 bits of the address. These are the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" and the "IPv4-mapped ...
... IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" and the "IPv4-mapped IPv6 address". ...
... IPv4-Compatible IPv6 Address ...
... The "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" was defined to assist in the IPv6 transition. The format of the "IPv4 ...
... IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" was defined to assist in the IPv6 transition. The format of the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" is as follows: ...
... 32 bits | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+ |0000..............................0000|0000| IPv4 address | +--------------------------------------+----+---------------------+ ...
... +--------------------------------------+----+---------------------+ Note: The IPv4 address used in the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" ...
... Note: The IPv4 address used in the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" must be a globally-unique IPv4 ...
... IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" must be a globally-unique IPv4 unicast address. ...
... unicast address. The "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" is now deprecated because the current IPv6 transition ...
... IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address ...
... A second type of IPv6 address that holds an embedded IPv4 address is defined. This address type is used to represent the addresses ...
... address type is used to represent the addresses of IPv4 nodes as IPv6 addresses. The format of the "IPv4-mapped IPv6 address ...
... IPv4 nodes as IPv6 addresses. The format of the "IPv4-mapped IPv6 address" is as follows: ...
... 32 bits | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+ |0000..............................0000|FFFF| IPv4 address | +--------------------------------------+----+---------------------+ ...
... See [RFC4038] for background on the usage of the "IPv4-mapped IPv6 address". ...


... The "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" is deprecated by this document. The IANA ...
... address block. [5] 0000::/96 was previously defined as the "IPv4-Compatible IPv6 address" prefix. This definition has been deprecated by RFC ...



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