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Re: do I need the IPv4 protocol?



Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@uerj.br> writes:
> In order to use networking in a LAN do I need the IPv4 protocol?

Strictly speaking, only if you're going to use any IP-based protocols,
but this includes things like X, and FTP, and HTTP, and ssh, and
pretty much every other network service out there.  So "yes".

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