How much information does an IP address contain?

When a person speaks publicly on the Internet, his or her IP address is likely to be exposed. An IP address is a unique address used to identify a device or network on the Internet. So, how much information does an IP address contain?

Network address: Part of the IP address is used to identify the network on which the device is located. This is usually determined by some specific part of the IP address (such as the prefix in CIDR notation).

Host address: Another part of the IP address is used to identify a specific device on the network. This is usually the part of the IP address that remains after the network address part is removed.

IP version: There are two main versions of IP addresses: IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) and IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6). IPv4 addresses are represented by 32 binary bits, usually divided into 4 groups of 8 bits (i.e. one byte) each, expressed in dotted decimal format, such as 192.168.1.1.

IPv6 addresses are represented by 128-bit binary numbers, usually in colon-delimited hexadecimal format, such as 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334.

Scope: IP addresses may have different scopes depending on how they are configured, such as private addresses (such as 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, 172.16.x.x - 172.31.x.x) and public addresses (also known as globally unique addresses).

Broadcast and multicast addresses: IP addresses also include some special addresses for broadcast or multicast communications. For example, 255.255.255.255 in IPv4 is a broadcast address, while FF00::/8 in IPv6 is a multicast address prefix.

Other metadata: Although not directly contained in the IP address, other information related to it (such as subnet mask, default gateway, DNS settings, etc.) is also an important part of network configuration.

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Practicality of proxy IP

· Hide the real IP address: Using a proxy IP can hide the real IP address, so that the target website cannot directly obtain the user's real identity and location information. This is very useful for scenarios that need to protect personal privacy or anonymous access.

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