IPv6 Essentials

by Silvia Hagen

IPv6 Essentials , Second Edition provides a succinct, in-depth tour of all the new features and functions in IPv6. It guides you through everything you need to know to get started, including how to configure IPv6 on hosts and routers and which applications currently support IPv6. The new IPv6 protocols offers extended address space, scalability, improved support for security, real-time traffic support, and auto-configuration so that even a novice user can connect a machine to the Internet. Aimed at system and network administrators, engineers, network designers, and IT managers, this book will help you understand, 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 new functionality and discusses why we need IPv6. Hagen also shares exhaustive discussions of the new IPv6 header format and Extension Headers, IPv6 address and ICMPv6 message format, Security, QoS, Mobility and, last but not least, offers a Quick Start Guide for different operating systems. IPv6 Essentials , Second Edition also Whether you're ready to start implementing IPv6 today or are planning your strategy for the future, IPv6 Essentials , Second Edition will provide the solid foundation you need to get started. "Silvia's look at IPv6 is always refreshing as she translates complextechnology features into business drivers and genuine end-user benefits toenable building new business concepts based on end to end models."Latif Ladid, President IPv6 Forum, Chair EU IPv6 Task Force

Genres: Computers, Technology, Technical, Ebooks, Reference, Nonfiction, Internet

418 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

Reviews

[Shawn Zernik · Rating 3 out of 5]

IPv4 just ran out of spaces in the European Union making this relevant again. The intro is great with history justifying the price itself.

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[Christopher · Rating 2 out of 5]

A distillation of the RFCs related to IPv6. Very focused on the bits and where they go which is useful when programming in the network stack, but doesn't help much when writing application level IPv6 enabled code.

Gives decent overview of IPv6 administration options but as the book doesn't focus on any single OS it can't give details on how to implement them.

[Dale Pearl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lacks the information one would need in working with IPv6 but it does cover the science behind it quite well. One of the more difficult computer reads that I have come across. Not recommended but as a once a year if that reference.