Book Description
This completely rewritten edition offers updated and comprehensive coverage of important topics including router and server configuration, security, the impact of IPv6 on mobile networks, and evaluating the impact of IPv6-enabled networks globally. Pete Loshin's famously lucid explanations benefit readers at every turn, making Ipv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice the best way for a large diverse audience to get up to speed on this groundbreaking technology.
* The comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date resource needed by network engineers and support staff, product developers and managers, programmers, and marketing professionals
* Divided into sections on theory, the protocol's technical details, and techniques for building Ipv6 networks, this book covers not only the protocol but the ways in which the protocol can be integrated into networks.
* Covers critical topics in depth, including router and server configuration, security, value assessment, and the impact of Ipv6 on global networks
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"This book is an excellent example of the boundless enthusiasm that IPv6 has generated in the Internet community, and represents a good way to understand what IPv6 is all about."
Bob Fink, Leader of the 6bone IPv6 Testbed Project
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
IP, the Internet Protocol, is arguably the most important single networking standard in the world today. IP is integral to networking on, and off, the Internet. It figures prominently in both Novell's and Microsoft's flagship networking products. Over 20 years old, the current specification for IP, version 4, is starting to show its age. IPv6 Clearly Explained offers a clear and distinct introduction to IPv6 for experienced network professionals, as well as administrators, managers, and executives who will be coping with the upgrade.
This book explains why IPv4 needs to be replaced, how IPv6 came to be, and how IPv6 actually works. Special attention is given to
- examining IPv6 addressing, IPv6 headers and extension headers
- IPv6 routing, authentication and security under IPv6
- How IPv6 affects other Internet and related protocols
- IPv6 autoconfiguration, IPv6 transition strategies
- Offers a guide to vendors who already offer IPv6-compliant software and hardware solutions.
