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Header Ip Ipv6 Length Bytes Addresses Extension Bit

Front IP: Changes in IPv6 (8)
Back - Length of the header always 40 bytes
- Addresses: Extension from 32 to 128 Bit
-> Any sand grain on the earth could be addressed!
- Introduction of anycast addresses
- priority, flow label in header (instead of type of service)
- No more fragmentation allowed

- No more checks
- No more options in the header, can follow as another header (displayed in Next Header field)

- ICMPv6
- New message types (e.g., "Packet Too Big")
- Multicast Group Management functions

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