• Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Remember, when we abbreviate an ipv6 address all leading zeros are reduced to a single 0.

    E.g

    0003 would just become 03

    When there are geoups of 4 zeros these can be represented as a single 0 or as a double colon ::

    But we can only use the :: once so when summarizing an address containing multiple groups of 4 0s one after the other they can all be abbreviated to a single ::

    Eg

    fe80:0000:0000:0000:0210:5aff:feaa:20a2 would become fe80::210:5aff:feaa:20a2

    Therefore it is perfectly valid to abbreviate an address of 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 /0 to just ::/0

    • Static_Rocket@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Eh, I’ve seen some software internally prefer 0::0 instead of just ::0 or :: . Notation wise though you are correct, it is unnecessary.