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6to4

protocol for tunneling IPv6 over existing IPv4 networks, with each client connecting to a particular server and receiving a subnet from 2002::/16
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6to4

Summary

6to4 is an IPv6 transition mechanisms[1]. 6to4 draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (ipv6_transition_mechanisms category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • 6to4's image is recorded as 6to4 IP address calculation.svg[3].
  • 6to4's instance of is recorded as IPv6 transition mechanisms[4].
  • 6to4's part of is recorded as Internet[5].
  • 6to4's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/032nyn[6].
  • 6to4's described by source is recorded as RFC 3056: Connection of IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds[7].
  • 6to4's described by source is recorded as RFC 6343: Advisory Guidelines for 6to4 Deployment[8].
  • 6to4's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03540022n[9].
  • 6to4's IPv6 routing prefix is recorded as 2002:0000::/16[10].
  • 6to4's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777024025[11].

Why It Matters

6to4 draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (ipv6_transition_mechanisms category, ranking #3 of 4).[2] 6to4 has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . iana.org. Retrieved . iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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