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They are, though? It's how dual stack sockets work, they just map IPv4 into the part of IPv6 where they belong.
by namibj 2y ago
They are, though?
It's how dual stack sockets work, they just map IPv4 into the part of IPv6 where they belong.
- paperplatter 2y agoBut then you're still using ipv4.
- namibj 2y agoYou can; but I'd not be surprised if there are commercial setups that use IPv6 packets for everything, including situations with IPv4 addresses. I think it would allow getting rid of most of the ethernet header overhead, by basically just talking bare IPv6 packets.