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IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) addresses are part of the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), which provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet. Here are true statements about IPv6 addresses:
1. Larger Address Space: IPv6 addresses are 128 bits long, allowing for a significantly larger number of unique addresses compared to the 32-bit IPv4 addresses. This provides a practically inexhaustible supply of unique IP addresses.
2. Hexadecimal Representation: IPv6 addresses are represented as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons (e.g., 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334). This is a departure from IPv4’s dotted-decimal format.
3. No Need for NAT (Network Address Translation): Due to the vast address space of IPv6, devices can be assigned a unique public IP address, eliminating the need for NAT as a way to conserve public addresses, which is commonly used in IPv4 networks.
4. Simplified Header Format: IPv6 has a simplified packet header compared to IPv4, which improves packet processing efficiency. This optimization is achieved by moving non-essential and optional fields to extension headers that are placed after the IPv6 header.
5. Built-in Support for Multicast and Anycast: Unlike IPv4, IPv6 includes native support for multicast
B. two colons (::) are used to represent successive hexadecimal fields of zeros