TRANSPORT LAYER
TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL TCP
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Question
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The length of IP addresses will be changed from 32 bits to 128 bits. What is the major reason for this change?
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It is more difficult to hack networked computers.
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More IP addresses can be used.
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Less computational power is required of web servers.
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More web content can be surfed.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An IPv6 address is a 128-bit alphanumeric value that identifies an endpoint device in an Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) network.
Detailed explanation-2: -IPv4 addresses have 4 bytes (32 bits) whereas IPv6 has 16 bytes (128 bits) in length. These bytes are typically called octets and for the sake of readability, these bytes, bits, and octets are written in what’s called dotted decimal.
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