IPv6 address types reference sheet, from ICANN blog

ICANN released a free "IPv6 Address Types" reference sheet.

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A recent post on ICANN Blog provided us a useful (and free!) reference sheet about various "IPv6 Address Types".

• "Putting IPv6 Addresses into Context" on ICANN Blog
• The updated sheet (July 6, 2010)

A couple of IPv6 address types in the sheet are not frequently mentioned:

• "Unigue Local Addresses (ULAs)", in the range of "fc00::/7": IPv6 equivalent to RFC 1918 private addresses such as 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, and 192.168.0.0/16 in IPv4.
• "Documentation", in range of "2001:db8::/32": Reserved for example uses only. No wonder the examples in the Cisco documentations often use this range as IPv6 addresses.

The post also mentioned they will update the sheet if things change in the future. It would be a good idea to subscribe to ICANN Blog to keep yourself updated!