Address information providing device

摘要

An address information providing device may be provide with an obtaining unit configured to obtain address information indicating an IPv6 address, a creation unit configured to create address information for display from the address information, and a supplying unit configured to supply the address information for display to a display device. The address information for display may be information in which a prefix portion of the address information has been replaced by a particular symbol. The address information for display may be information in which a prefix portion of the address information has been omitted.

主权项

1. An address information providing device comprising:
a processor configured to perform: obtaining address information indicating an IPv6 address, the address information including 8 blocks, each of the 8 blocks including 4 values represented in hexadecimal notation; creating, from the address information, address information for display, without changing an interface portion of the address information which is constituted from latter K blocks (K being an integer equal to 1 or more and less than 8) among the 8 blocks of the address information, by specifying a prefix portion of the address information which is constituted from former (8-K) blocks among the 8 blocks of the address information, and by replacing the specified prefix portion to a particular symbol including an alphabetic letter, the alphabetic letter being not used in hexadecimal notation; and supplying the address information for display to a display device.