With the rapid development of internet technology and the AI technology industry, the demand of internet users towards IPv4 addresses is getting bigger and bigger. At the same time, IPv4 addresses are running out due to excessive demand. To solve the shortage of IPv4 addresses in market, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has designed IPv6 to replace the IPv4 IP protocol. The length of the IPv4 address isRead more
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