Loopback Prefix for IPv6
draft-ipversion6-loopback-prefix-00
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| Author | Edward Lewis | ||
| Last updated | 2015-08-16 (Latest revision 2015-02-12) | ||
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Abstract
The IPv6 address range of 0::/64 is reserved for loopback addresses. This expands from the single loophack address already defined for IPv6, ::1, to allow for a set of addresses to be used when packets are intended to stay within a host system. Multiple loopback addresses allow for simultaneous varied uses of the loopback addresses as has proven, albeit in limited ways, in IPv4. And exception is made to accomodate the ::0/128, already defined as The Unspecified Address.
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