RFC 1924: A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document specifies a more compact representation of IPv6 addresses, which permits encoding in a mere 20 bytes. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1924
- Published
- April 1996
- Authors
- R. Elz
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- INDEPENDENT
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 6
- Also known as
- —
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