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<reference anchor='RFC1924'>

<front>
<title>A Compact Representation of IPv6 Addresses</title>
<author initials='R.' surname='Elz' fullname='Robert Elz'>
<organization>University of Melbourne, Computer Science</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street />
<city>Parkville</city>
<region>Victoria</region>
<code>3052</code>
<country>AU</country></postal>
<email>kre@munnari.OZ.AU</email></address></author>
<date day='1' month='April' year='1996' />
<abstract>
<t>IPv6 addresses, being 128 bits long, need 32 characters to write in the general case, if standard hex representation, is used, plus more for any punctuation inserted (typically about another 7 characters, or 39 characters total).  This document specifies a more compact representation of IPv6 addresses, which permits encoding in a mere 20 bytes.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1924' />
</reference>
