Differences IPv4 Vs IPv6
I had compiled differences between IPv6 and IPv4 long back. Though it is for my personal reference I am uploading it on my blog. Hope someone might find this useful.
Thanks to those known and known sources who helped me compile this.
IPv4
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IPv6
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Addresses are 32 bits (4 bytes) in length. | Addresses are 128 bits (16 bytes) in length |
Address (A) resource records in DNS to map hostnames to IPv4 addresses. | Address (AAAA) resource records in DNS to map hostnames to IPv6 addresses. |
Pointer (PTR) resource records in the IN-ADDR.ARPA DNS domain to map IPv4 addresses to hostnames. | Pointer (PTR) resource records in the IP6.ARPA DNS domain to map IPv6 addresses to hostnames. |
IPSec is optional and should be supported externally | IPSec support is not optional |
Header does not identify packet flow for QoS handling by routers | The header contains the Flow Label field, which Identifies packet flow for QoS handling by the router. |
Both routers and the sending host fragment packets. | Routers do not support packet fragmentation. Sending host fragments packets |
The header includes a checksum. | The header does not include a checksum. |
The header includes options. | Optional data is supported as extension headers. |
ARP uses broadcast ARP requests to resolve IP to MAC/Hardware address. | Multicast Neighbor Solicitation messages resolve IP addresses to MAC addresses. |
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) manages membership in local subnet groups. | Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) messages manage membership in local subnet groups. |
Broadcast addresses are used to send traffic to all nodes on a subnet. | IPv6 uses a link-local scope all-nodes multicast address. |
Configured either manually or through DHCP. | Does not require manual configuration or DHCP. |
Must support a 576-byte packet size (possibly fragmented). | Must support a 1280-byte packet size (without fragmentation). |
Network Sorcery is a great place to find RFC(s).
Refer to http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ipv6.htm and http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ip.htm links for related RFC(s) of IPv6 and IPv4 respectively.
Refer to http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ipv6.htm and http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ip.htm links for related RFC(s) of IPv6 and IPv4 respectively.
Also, there is a good reference for Understanding IPv6 @ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786127.aspx
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