RFC 3252:Binary Lexical Octet Ad-hoc Transport
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IPv6


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... The reformulation of IPv4 was chosen over IPv6 [RFC2460] due to the wider deployment ...
... wider deployment of IPv4 and the fact that implementing IPv6 as XML would have exceeded the 1500 byte Ethernet ...


... Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460draft, December 1998. ...



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