and different types of IPv6 addresses (global, link-local, and unique local). For the average home user, this can feel overwhelming compared to the simpler and more familiar IPv4 system ...

The suffix typically remains static, allowing integration with a local DNS server. Another major concept concerns routing. IPv6 uses RA (Router Advertisement) instead of DHCP for address assignment.

In this article in our Royal Holloway security series, we examine the mechanisms that have been invented to allow users of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6 ... on the local network, and to ...