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Static_Rocket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  ::/0

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• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Remember, when we abbreviate an ipv6 address all leading zeros are reduced to a single 0.

  E.g

  0003 would just become 03

  When there are geoups of 4 zeros these can be represented as a single 0 or as a double colon ::

  But we can only use the :: once so when summarizing an address containing multiple groups of 4 0s one after the other they can all be abbreviated to a single ::

  Eg

  fe80:0000:0000:0000:0210:5aff:feaa:20a2 would become fe80::210:5aff:feaa:20a2

  Therefore it is perfectly valid to abbreviate an address of 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 /0 to just ::/0

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  • Static_Rocket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Eh, I’ve seen some software internally prefer 0::0 instead of just ::0 or :: . Notation wise though you are correct, it is unnecessary.

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