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IPv6

Version of Internet protocol, the accepted standard for transmitting data from one computer to another over the Internet, destined to replace the current protocol, known as IPv4. IPv6 is effectively an upgrade to the existing version rather than a radical change, and will coexist with IPv4 for some time.



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Fortunately, in 1994, the current framers of the Internet, the Internet Engineering Task Force, or IETF, began the process of developing this next-generation protocol with the publication of RFC 1719 (Gross, 1994), entitled "A Direction for IPng.
The IETF started the IPng area in 1993 to investigate the different proposals and to make recommendations for further procedures.
IPng (Internet Protocol, next generation, also known as IPv6) is intended as a thorough overhaul of the protocol standard, aimed at addressing the Net's explosive growth, its global nature, the number of new technologies coming into play, security issues, and more.
 
 
 
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