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IPv6 VS IPv4

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Some of my friends have been so excited about IPv6 mainly because they heard it was being rolled out in the university in a few months. I can understand the excitement, I mean, most of them are expecting incredible lightning internet speeds and there are rumours and murmurs going around that this is a complete overhaul of the network layer protocol. Well the main reason why I decided to write on this is not because IPv6 is a new technology, its’ been around for some time, only that it has not been implemented fully yet and I also want to dispel some of the above rumours. Well you have a reason to be excited about IPv6 because it’s going to bring a lot of improved security features to the table and also new ways to control data flow over an entire network making it a tad more efficient and well, faster but saying that it’s a new page in the network layer protocol is a complete lie. IPv6 is more of an evolution than it is an invention. IPv6 takes off from where IPv4 left off and builds...