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- 2001::/16.
The address space assigned by the IANA for the production IPv6 Internet.
- 2002::/16.
The address space assigned by the IANA for the 6to4 mechanism.
- 3ffe::/16.
The address space assigned by the IANA for the 6bone.
- 6bone.
A virtual IPv6 backbone made of native IPv6 links and IPv6-over-IPv4 tunnels. The 6bone is a test-bed network used to validate standards, test IPv6 implementations, experiment with network IPv6 services, provide feedback to protocol designers, and validate operational procedures. See RFCs 2471, 2772, and 2921.
- 6to4.
Involves automatic tunneling of IPv6 packets over IPv4 (a point-to-point link) between 6to4 routers. 6to4 is a transition and coexistence mechanism that provides a /48 prefix to a 6to4 site within the ...
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