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  2. IPv6 - Wikipedia

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    The DNS protocol is used by both IP protocols to resolve fully qualified domain names and IP addresses, but dual stack requires that the resolving DNS server can resolve both types of addresses. Such a dual-stack DNS server holds IPv4 addresses in the A records and IPv6 addresses in the AAAA records.

  3. Internet privacy - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of the Internet Protocol necessitates that a website receives IP addresses of its visitors, which can be tracked through time. Companies match data over time to associate the name, address, and other information to the IP address. [16] There are opposing views in different jurisdiction on whether an IP address is personal ...

  4. List of DNS record types - Wikipedia

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    Returns a 32-bit IPv4 address, most commonly used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host, but it is also used for DNSBLs, storing subnet masks in RFC 1101, etc. AAAA 28

  5. Bogon filtering - Wikipedia

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    Bogon filtering is the practice of filtering bogons, which are bogus (fake) IP addresses of a computer network.Bogons include IP packets on the public Internet that contain addresses that are not in any range allocated or delegated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) or a delegated regional Internet registry (RIR) and allowed for public Internet use.

  6. Voice over IP - Wikipedia

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    Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), [a] also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for voice calls for the delivery of voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, [2] such as the Internet.

  7. Interactive proof system - Wikipedia

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    The IP approach is called a private coin protocol by contrast. The essential problem with public coins is that if the prover wishes to maliciously convince the verifier to accept a string which is not in the language, it seems like the verifier might be able to thwart its plans if it can hide its internal state from it.

  8. Network socket - Wikipedia

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    A network socket is a software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the network. The structure and properties of a socket are defined by an application programming interface (API) for the networking architecture.

  9. Blackhole server - Wikipedia

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    The AS112 project is a group of volunteer name server operators joined in an autonomous system.They run anycasted instances of the name servers that answer reverse DNS lookups for private network and link-local addresses sent to the public Internet.