4in6

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Short description: Tunneling of IPv4 in IPv6

4in6 refers to tunneling of IPv4 in IPv6.[1][2] It is an Internet interoperation mechanism allowing Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to be used in an IPv6 only network. 4in6 uses tunneling to encapsulate IPv4 traffic over configured IPv6 tunnels as defined in RFC 2473.[3] 4in6 tunnels are usually manually configured but they can be automated using protocols such as TSP to allow easy connection to a tunnel broker.[4]


References

  1. Blanchet, Marc (18 May 2009) (in en). Migrating to IPv6: A Practical Guide to Implementing IPv6 in Mobile and Fixed Networks. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 345–350. ISBN 9780470468906. https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Qn3LSD2t8C&pg=PA345. 
  2. Stockebrand, Benedikt (28 November 2006) (in en). IPv6 in Practice: A Unixer's Guide to the Next Generation Internet. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 170–172. ISBN 9783540480013. https://books.google.com/books?id=VpHSCntF6JEC&pg=PA170. 
  3. Conta, Alex; Deering, S. (1998). RFC 2473: Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification. doi:10.17487/RFC2473. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2473. Retrieved 17 June 2016. 
  4. Hagen, Silvia (9 June 2014) (in en). Ipv6 Essentials. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". pp. 228–231. ISBN 9781449335267. https://books.google.com/books?id=rTbFAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA228.