@techreport{ipversion6-loopback-prefix-00, number = {draft-ipversion6-loopback-prefix-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ipversion6-loopback-prefix/00/}, author = {Edward Lewis}, title = {{Loopback Prefix for IPv6}}, pagetotal = 3, year = 2015, month = feb, day = 12, 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.}, }