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To remedy these issues, IPv6 was created with unimaginable scale, offering 3.4 × <strong>10</strong> 38 available IP<br />

addresses (enough for every living human to have billions of personal, unique IPv6 addresses). In addition<br />

to offering an immense address range, IPv6 also offers new security features such as IPsec, which<br />

provides security at the packet level. During the transition from IPv4 to IPv6, dual-stack topologies are<br />

being implemented. This allows devices to be configured with both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses.<br />

Modern versions of Windows (beginning with Windows 8) automatically give an IPv6 address priority<br />

over an IPv4 address. Because some applications do not support IPv6, Windows will automatically select<br />

the correct connection for applications, using a method called address sorting.<br />

Windows Server 2012 R2 expands support for IPv6 in Group Policy and allows these new settings to<br />

be used with devices running Windows 8.1 or later. The expanded support includes the following:<br />

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TCP/IP printers can be configured to use IPv6 addresses.<br />

In any Group Policy preference, item-level targeting can be used to set an IPv6 address instead<br />

of an IP address range.<br />

For VPN connections, a Use IPv6 check box is available.<br />

More details about these settings are available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/<br />

dn265973.aspx.<br />

<strong>10</strong>2 CHAPTER 7 Windows <strong>10</strong> networking

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