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IPv6 Essentials

Release Date: July 2002

Pages: 360

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IPv6, the next generation Internet Protocol, has been in the works since the early 90s when the rapid growth of the Internet threatened to exhaust existing IP addresses. Drawing on 20 years--operational experience with the existing protocol (IPv4), the new protocol offers scalability, increased security features, real-time traffic support, and auto-configuration so that even a novice user can connect a machine to the Internet. But what does this mean for IT professionals? Having learned all the strengths and weaknesses of the old protocol, will you need to start from scratch with the new? IPv6 Essentials provides a succinct, in-depth tour of all the new features and functions in IPv6, guiding you through everything you?ll need to know to get started, including how to configure IPv6 on hosts and routers, and which applications currently support IPv6. Aimed at system and network administrators, engineers, network designers, and IT managers, this book will help you plan for, design, and integrate IPv6 into your current IPv4 infrastructure. Beginning with a short history of IPv6, author Silvia Hagen provides an overview of the new functionality and describes some live test and production networks that are using the new protocol. Hagen then shares exhaustive discussions of the new IPv6 header format and Extension Headers, IPv6 address format, and IPv6 message format. IPv6 Essentials also covers:

Security in IPv6: concepts, requirements, and solutions. Includes the IPSEC framework and security elements available for authentication and encryption
Quality of Service: covers the types of QoS in IPv6 and how they can be implemented
Networking: Layer 2 support for IPv6 with sample network designs that show how to integrate IPv6 into your network without interruption of IPv4 services
Routing protocols and upper layer protocols
Getting started on different operating systems: Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows 2000 and Windows XP

Whether you're ready to start implementing IPv6 today or are planning your strategy for the future, IPv6 Essentials will provide the solid foundation you need to get started.

Chapter 1 IPv6 Versus IPv4
1. The History of IPv6
2. Overview of Functionality
3. Transition Aspects
4. IPv6 Alive
Chapter 2 The Structure of the IPv6 Protocol
1. General Header Structure
2. The Fields in the IPv6 Header
3. Extension Headers
Chapter 3 IPv6 Addressing
1. Address Types
2. Address Notation
3. Prefix Notation
4. Format Prefixes
5. Address Privacy
6. Aggregatable Global Unicast Address
7. Anycast Address
8. Multicast Address
9. Required Addresses
Chapter 4 ICMPv6
1. General Message Format
2. ICMP Error Messages
3. ICMP Informational Messages
4. Processing Rules
5. The ICMPv6 Header in a Trace File
6. Neighbor Discovery
7. Autoconfiguration
8. Path MTU Discovery
9. Multicast Group Management
Chapter 5 Security in IPv6
1. Types of Threats
2. Basic Security Requirements and Techniques
3. Security in the Current Internet Environment
4. Current Solutions
5. Open Security Issues in the Current Internet
6. The IPSEC Framework
7. IPv6 Security Elements
8. Security Association Negotiation and Key Management
9. Interworking of IPv6 Security with Other Services
10. Open Issues in IPv6 Security
Chapter 6 Quality of Service in IPv6
1. QoS Paradigms
2. Quality of Service in IPv6 Protocols
3. QoS Architectures
4. Mapping IP QoS to Underlying Transmission Networks
5. Further Issues in IP QoS
Chapter 7 Networking Aspects
1. Layer 2 Support for IPv6
2. Multicasting
3. Mobile IP
4. Network Designs
Chapter 8 Routing Protocols
1. RIPng
2. OSPF for IPv6 (OSPFv3)
3. BGP Extensions for IPv6
4. Other Routing Protocols for IPv6
Chapter 9 Upper-Layer Protocols
1. UDP/TCP
2. DHCP
3. DNS
4. SLP
5. FTP
6. Telnet
7. Web Servers
Chapter 10 Interoperability
1. Dual-Stack Techniques
2. Tunneling Techniques
3. Network Address and Protocol Translation
4. Comparison
5. Vendor Support
Chapter 11 Get Your Hands Dirty
1. Sun Solaris
2. Linux
3. Microsoft
4. Applications
5. Cisco Router
6. Description of the Tests
7. Vendor Support

Appendix RFCs
1. Standards
Appendix IPv6 Resources
1. Ethertype Field
2. Next Header Field Values (Chapter 2)
3. Reserved Anycast IDs (Chapter 3,RFC 2526)
4. Values for the Multicast Scope Field (Chapter 3, RFC 2373)
5. Well-Known Multicast Group Addresses (Chapter 3, RFC 2375)
6. ICMPv6 Message Types and Code Values (Chapter 4, RFC 2463)
7. Multicast Group Addresses and Token Ring Functional Addresses (Chapter 7)
8. Multicast Addresses for SLP over IPv6 (Chapter 9)
9. Protocol Translation (Chapter 10, RFC 2765)
10. Current Prefix Allocations
11. Vendor Support
Appendix Recommended Reading
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IPv6 Essentials

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 IPv6 Versus IPv4

The History of IPv6

Overview of Functionality

Transition Aspects

IPv6 Alive

Chapter 2 The Structure of the IPv6 Protocol

General Header Structure

The Fields in the IPv6 Header

Extension Headers

Chapter 3 IPv6 Addressing

Address Types

Address Notation

Prefix Notation

Format Prefixes

Address Privacy

Aggregatable Global Unicast Address

Anycast Address

Multicast Address

Required Addresses

Chapter 4 ICMPv6

General Message Format

ICMP Error Messages

ICMP Informational Messages

Processing Rules

The ICMPv6 Header in a Trace File

Neighbor Discovery

Autoconfiguration

Path MTU Discovery

Multicast Group Management

Chapter 5 Security in IPv6

Types of Threats

Basic Security Requirements and Techniques

Security in the Current Internet Environment

Current Solutions

Open Security Issues in the Current Internet

The IPSEC Framework

IPv6 Security Elements

Security Association Negotiation and Key Management

Interworking of IPv6 Security with Other Services

Open Issues in IPv6 Security

Chapter 6 Quality of Service in IPv6

QoS Paradigms

Quality of Service in IPv6 Protocols

QoS Architectures

Mapping IP QoS to Underlying Transmission Networks

Further Issues in IP QoS

Chapter 7 Networking Aspects

Layer 2 Support for IPv6

Multicasting

Mobile IP

Network Designs

Chapter 8 Routing Protocols

RIPng

OSPF for IPv6 (OSPFv3)

BGP Extensions for IPv6

Other Routing Protocols for IPv6

Chapter 9 Upper-Layer Protocols

UDP/TCP

DHCP

DNS

SLP

FTP

Telnet

Web Servers

Chapter 10 Interoperability

Dual-Stack Techniques

Tunneling Techniques

Network Address and Protocol Translation

Comparison

Vendor Support

Chapter 11 Get Your Hands Dirty

Sun Solaris

Linux

Microsoft

Applications

Cisco Router