Differences between IPv4 and IPv6

Que: Differences between IPv4 and IPv6

IPv4 and IPv6 are internet protocol version 4 and internet protocol version 6, IP version 6 is the new version of Internet Protocol, which is way better than IP version 4 in terms of complexity and efficiency.

Sr No	IPv4	IPv6
1	32-bit address length	128-bit address length
2	Address representation of IPv4 in decimal	Address Representation of IPv6 is in hexadecimal
3	IPv4 has header of 20-60 bytes.	IPv6 has header of 40 bytes fixed
4	In IPv4 Encryption and Authentication facility not provided	In IPv4 Encryption and Authentication facility not provided
5	It has broadcast Message Transmission Scheme	It has broadcast Message Transmission Scheme
6	It supports DHCP or Manual Configuration	It supports autoconfiguration
7	4.3 billion addresses available	7.91028addresses available
8	Example: Numeric dot-decimal notation 192.168.5.18	Example: Alphanumeric hexadecimal notation 50b2:6400:0000:0000:6c3a:b17d:0000:10a9
9	Less security	High security (inbuilt)
10	In IPv4 end to end connection integrity is Unachievable	In IPv6 end to end connection integrity is Achievable