IPv6 in Practice A Unixers Guide to the Next Generation Internet Nov

Cover......Page 1
IPv6\rin Practice......Page 3
ISBN-13 9783540245247......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
About the Author......Page 12
Contents......Page 13
Part I: Getting Started......Page 23
1.2 The \"IPv6 Sales Pitch\"......Page 24
1.3 IPv6 and the TCP/IP Stack......Page 27
2.1 Obtaining Our Own IPv6 Address Prefix......Page 30
2.2 Setting Up Our Test Environment......Page 31
2.3 Security Precautions......Page 33
2.4 Kernel IPv6 Support......Page 34
2.5 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 37
3.1 Size Matters......Page 41
3.2 Address Notation......Page 42
3.3 Scopes......Page 44
3.4 Unicast Addresses......Page 45
3.5 Multicast Addresses......Page 49
3.6 Anycast Addresses......Page 50
3.7 Inside IPv6: The IPv6 Headers......Page 51
3.8 Address Allocation Policy and the Routing Table Problem......Page 52
3.10 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 54
4.1 Static Address Configuration......Page 55
4.2 Inside IPv6: Neighbor Discovery (ND)......Page 60
4.3 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SAC)......Page 63
4.4 Mixing Static and Automatic Configuration......Page 70
4.5 Inside IPv6: Autoconfiguration Details......Page 71
4.6 Testing and Debugging......Page 74
4.7 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 75
5.1 Getting Started......Page 85
5.2 IPv6 Addresses in the DNS......Page 88
5.4 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 97
6.1 Levels of IPv6 Support......Page 100
6.2 The Inetd Super Daemon......Page 101
6.3 Basic Debugging—Tools and Procedures......Page 105
6.4 The Secure Shell (OpenSSH)......Page 107
6.5 Time Synchronization with the Network Time Protocol (NTP)......Page 108
6.6 Event Logging with Syslog......Page 110
6.7 E-mail: The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)......Page 111
6.8 The World Wide Web: HTTP and HTTPS......Page 112
6.9 The Network File System (NFS)......Page 116
6.10 Other Services......Page 117
6.11 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 118
7.1 Hosts and ICMPv6 Redirects......Page 122
7.2 Inside IPv6: ICMPv6 Redirect Protocol Details......Page 123
7.3 Static Routing......Page 125
7.4 Dynamic Routing with RIPng......Page 127
7.5 Testing and Debugging......Page 129
7.6 Inside IPv6: RIPng Protocol Details......Page 130
7.7 Routing Architecture Strategies......Page 131
7.8 Mixing Static and Dynamic Routing......Page 137
7.10 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 139
Part II: IPv4/IPv6 Interoperation......Page 144
8.1 Dual Stack Configuration and Operation......Page 145
8.4 Dual Stack Servers Only......Page 146
8.6 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 147
9.2 Network Time Protocol (NTP)......Page 149
9.5 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)......Page 150
9.6 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 151
10.1 Protocol Translation Concepts......Page 152
10.2 Setting Up a Protocol Translator......Page 153
10.3 Operational Issues......Page 156
10.4 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 157
Part III: Tunnels and Related Topics......Page 158
11.1 Concepts and Terminology......Page 159
11.2 Tunnel Types......Page 160
11.4 Operational Issues......Page 161
11.5 Security Considerations......Page 162
11.6 Choosing the Proper Tunnel......Page 163
12. IP-in-IP Encapsulation......Page 164
12.1 Configured and Automatic (6in4) Tunnels......Page 165
12.2 6to4 Tunnels......Page 174
12.3 Tunneling Over IPv6 Networks......Page 185
12.4 6over4 Tunnels......Page 191
12.6 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 192
13.1 GRE......Page 196
13.2 Teredo......Page 197
13.3 OpenVPN......Page 198
13.4 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 202
14.1 Tunnel Brokers......Page 203
14.2 Tunnels and NAT Gateways......Page 204
14.3 Nested Tunnels and Tunnel Loops......Page 207
14.4 Tunnel Parameter Tuning......Page 209
14.5 Mixing Tunnels and Native Connectivity......Page 211
15.1 Implementations and Installation......Page 213
15.2 Basic Configuration......Page 214
15.3 Adding Routable Addresses and Static Routes......Page 216
15.4 Dynamic Routing Across PPP Links......Page 218
15.5 PPP and Autoconfiguration......Page 219
15.6 Beyond a Single Interface: Operational Issues......Page 220
15.7 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 221
Part IV: Additional Base Features......Page 222
16.1 Site-local and Unique-local Addresses......Page 223
16.2 IPv4-mapped IPv6 Addresses......Page 226
16.3 Dynamically Changing Interface IDs......Page 228
16.4 Address Selection Algorithms......Page 232
16.5 Stateless Autoconfiguration Tuning......Page 235
16.6 The Router Renumbering Protocol......Page 243
17.1 The Quagga Routing Framework......Page 244
17.2 RIPng Revisited......Page 253
17.3 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), version 3......Page 257
17.4 Beyond RIP and OSPF......Page 271
17.5 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 273
18.1 A Closer Look at Multicasts......Page 274
18.2 Protocol Independent Multicast—Dense Mode (PIM-DM)......Page 282
18.3 Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)......Page 289
18.4 Multicast Address Allocation......Page 296
18.5 Operational Issues......Page 297
18.6 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 298
18.7 Advanced Topics and Further Reading......Page 299
19.1 Installation......Page 300
19.2 Stateless DHCPv6......Page 302
19.3 Address Management with DHCPv6......Page 305
19.4 DHCPv6 Across Subnet Borders......Page 306
19.6 Conceptual Security Aspects......Page 308
19.7 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 309
20.2 Solution Strategies......Page 310
20.3 A Preliminary Implementation......Page 312
20.4 Operational Issues......Page 317
20.5 Future Work......Page 318
Part V: New Functionalities......Page 320
21.1 Basic Concepts......Page 321
21.2 Open Problems......Page 325
21.3 Packet Filter Considerations......Page 327
22.1 Concepts......Page 328
22.2 Open Problems......Page 332
22.3 Further Reading......Page 334
23.1 Concepts......Page 336
23.2 Is It Necessary?......Page 338
23.3 Further Reading......Page 340
Part VI: Architectural and Operational Topics......Page 341
24.1 Preparations......Page 342
24.2 Soft Renumberings with a Grace Period......Page 343
24.4 Changing the Internet Service Provider......Page 346
25.1 Multi-homed Networks......Page 348
25.2 Multi-homed Hosts......Page 353
A.1 Domain Name System (DNS) Basics......Page 355
A.2 The BIND Name Server......Page 356
A.3 Common Pitfalls......Page 362
B.1 Addresses and Address Prefixes......Page 364
B.2 Transport Layer Port Numbers......Page 366
B.4 Protocol Numbers in Next Header Field......Page 367
B.5 Ethernet......Page 368
References......Page 369
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