IPV6 Network Administration

Description:

What once seemed nearly impossible has turned into reality. The number of available Internet addresses is now nearly exhausted, due mostly to the explosion of commercial websites and entries from an expanding number of countries. This growing shortage has effectively put the Internet community--and some of its most brilliant engineers--on alert for the last decade.

Their solution was to create IPv6, a new Internet standard which will ultimately replace the current and antiquated IPv4. As the new backbone of the Internet, this new protocol would fix the most difficult problems that the Internet faces today--scalability and management. And even though IPv6's implementation has met with some resistance over the past few years, all signs are now pointing to its gradual worldwide adoption in the very near future. Sooner or later, all network administrators will need to understand IPv6, and now is a good time to get started.

IPv6 Network Administration offers administrators the complete inside info on IPv6. This book reveals the many benefits as well as the potential downsides of this next-generation protocol. It also shows readers exactly how to set up and administer an IPv6 network.

A must-have for network administrators everywhere, IPv6 Network Administration delivers an even-handed approach to what will be the most fundamental change to the Internet since its inception. Some of the other IPv6 assets that are covered include:

• routing
  
• integrated auto-configuration
  
• quality-of-services (QoS)
  
• enhanced mobility
  
• end-to-end security

IPv6 Network Administration explains what works, what doesn't, and most of all, what's practical when considering upgrading networks from the current protocol to IPv6.

 

Table of Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Part I. The Character of IPv6

1. The Unforeseen Limitations of IPv4

     Addressing Model

     NAT

     Security

     MAC Layer Address Resolution

     Broadcast Versus Multicast

     Quality of Service

     Routing

     Summary

2. The (Un)foreseen Successes of IPv4

     Simplicity

     Resiliency

     Scalability

     Flexibility

     Autoconfiguration

     Extensibility

     In Short-

3. Describing IPv6

     Designed for Today and Tomorrow

     Packets and Structures

     Address Architecture

     ICMPv6

     Address Selection

     More About Headers

     Introduction to Mobile IPv6

     Routing

     Security

     Quality of Service

     The Promise of IPv6

Part II. Deploying IPv6

4. Planning

     Transition Mechanisms

     Obtaining IPv6 Address Space and Connectivity

     Network Design

     Managing IPv4 and IPv6 Coexistence

     Deploying IPv6

     Inputs to Deployment Plans

     Worked Examples

     Summary

5. Installation and Configuration

     Workstations and Servers

     Routers

     Enabling, Testing, and Troubleshooting

     Static Routing

     Configuring Transition Mechanisms

     Applications

     Gotchas

     Summary

6. Operations

     DNS

     IPsec

     Routing

     Firewalls

     Management

     Providing Transition Mechanisms

     Summary

7. Services

     General Notes

     Inetd/TCP Wrappers

     HTTP

     SMTP

     POP/IMAP

     NNTP

     NTP

     Syslog

     Printing

     FTP

     Remote Login Services

     If All Else Fails-

     Summary

8. Programming

     Relevant Functions

     Some Simple Examples

     Case Study: MMDF

     Other Considerations for Developers

     Summary

9. The Future

     Unresolved Issues

     Up and Coming Subject Areas

     Summary

Glossary

Index