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0 pointscmdrfred9y ago0 comments

On its face I believe not but, now I'm not positive on the specifics but I believe there are ip4 to ip6 bridges that index ip6 addresses and allow you to only scan active addresses.

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dannypgh9y ago

No. There are 2^128 or so possible IP addresses. Such an index wouldn't fit anywhere.

I think you're thinking of 6to4, which maps a /64 onto every v4 address. But allocation within the /64 may still be super sparse...

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