Monday, 4 November 2013

Benefit of IPv6

Benefit of IPv6

  • Larger Address Space - 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 usable addresses

  • New Packet Format and Header

  • Integrated Internet Protocol Security(IPsec) - uses cryptographic security services to provide Confidentiality, Authentication, Data Integrity. For example, encryption of packets, and authentication of the sender of packets

  • Auto-Configuration - improve manageability adn reduce network administration costs

  • Plug and Play - Easier for users to connect their device to the network. Configuration happens automatically

  • No more NAT - Eliminate the need of NAT, because that will cause networking problems in end to end nature of the Internet.

  • Efficient Routing - Header overhead is minimized

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