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Why is IPv6 so important? (piefed.zip)
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A lot of technical folks are saying it’s a large upgrade for networking.

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[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Small correction: IPv6 has 16 bytes for an address -- not 6 -- so, the address space is actually way way bigger than that!

Edit: Muphry's law strikes again. :p

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