Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the current version of the Internet Protocol. The Internet Protocol provides the identification and location schema that enables Internet traffic routing. IPv6 is considered an Internet layer protocol that is sued by packet-switched networking.
The following diagram shows the history of the Internet Protocol:
IPv6 is the replacement for IPv4 and has several changes that the Java platform should support. Key IPv6 changes from IPv4 are categorized as follows:
- Jumbograms
- Larger address space
- Mobility
- Multicasting
- Network-layer security
- Options extensibility
- Privacy
- Simplified router ...
