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ipv6.7: Fix description of address notation: "8 4-digit hexadecimal numbers"
Reported-by: Simon Cross <hodgestar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" and in case of nontrivial modification author and date
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.\" $Id: ipv6.7,v 1.3 2000/12/20 18:10:31 ak Exp $
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.TH IPV6 7 2009-02-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.TH IPV6 7 2011-09-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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ipv6, AF_INET6 \- Linux IPv6 protocol implementation
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ anycast to address the nearest member of a group of hosts
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(not implemented in Linux), IPv4-on-IPv6 to
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address a IPv4 host, and other reserved address types.
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.PP
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The address notation for IPv6 is a group of 16 2-digit hexadecimal
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The address notation for IPv6 is a group of 8 4-digit hexadecimal
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numbers, separated with a \(aq:\(aq.
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\&"::" stands for a string of 0 bits.
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Special addresses are ::1 for loopback and ::FFFF:<IPv4 address>
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