IPv6 : theory, protocol, and practice /

The second edition of IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice guides readers through implemetation and deployment of IPv6. The Theory section takes a close, unbiased look at why so much time and effort has been expended on revising IPv4. In the Protocol section is a comprehensive review of the specific...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loshin, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann, c2004
Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ©2004
San Francisco, CA : ©2004
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking
The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part I: Theory; Chapter 1. The Disruptive Protocol; 1.1 Disruptive Technologies; 1.2 IPv6: Disruptive or Sustaining?; 1.3 The Value of the Network; 1.4 Driving IPv6 Growth; 1.5 A Possible IPv6 Future; Chapter 2. What's Wrong with IPv4?; 2.1 Protocol Life Expectancy; 2.2 What's Wrong with IPv4; 2.3 IPv4 Addressing Crisis; 2.4 The IPv4 Routing Crisis; 2.5 The End-to-End Problem; 2.6 Summary; Chapter 3. Patching IPv4; 3.1 Network Address Rationing; 3.2 IP Subnetting; 3.3 Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
  • Front Cover; IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part I: Theory; Chapter 1. The Disruptive Protocol; 1.1 Disruptive Technologies; 1.2 IPv6: Disruptive or Sustaining?; 1.3 The Value of the Network; 1.4 Driving IPv6 Growth; 1.5 A Possible IPv6 Future; Chapter 2. What's Wrong with IPv4?; 2.1 Protocol Life Expectancy; 2.2 What's Wrong with IPv4; 2.3 IPv4 Addressing Crisis; 2.4 The IPv4 Routing Crisis; 2.5 The End-to-End Problem; 2.6 Summary; Chapter 3. Patching IPv4; 3.1 Network Address Rationing; 3.2 IP Subnetting; 3.3 Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
  • PART I: IPv6 Theory; PART II: IPv6 Protocol; PART III: IPv6 Practice
  • 11.3 Anycast Architectural Issues11.4 IPv6 Anycast Specification; 11.5 Reserved IPv6 Anycast Addresses; 11.6 Making Anycast Work; 11.7 Summary; Chapter 12. IPv6 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6); 12.1 A New Control Message Protocol; 12.2 ICMPv6 Messages; 12.3 Fragmentation and Path MTU; 12.4 Other ICMPv6 Functions; 12.5 Summary; Chapter 13. IPv6 Neighbor Discovery; 13.1 The Neighbor Discovery Protocol; 13.2 Solving Networking Problems; 13.3 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Compared with IPv4; 13.4 Router Solicitation; 13.5 Summary; Chapter 14. IPv6 Routing; 14.1 IP Routing Fundamentals
  • 14.2 RIP and RIPng
  • 3.4 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)3.5 Recycling Unused IP Networks; 3.6 Subnetting Class A Networks; 3.7 Network Address Translation (NAT); 3.8 Realm-Specific IP (RSIP); 3.9 Summary; Chapter 4. The Road to Next Generation; 4.1 Early Assumptions About the Internet Environment; 4.2 Designated Areas for Internet Evolution; 4.3 Room for Improvement; 4.4 IPng Candidates; 4.5 IPv6, The Next Generation; 4.6 Summary; Chapter 5. IPv6 Transition Issues; 5.1 Upgrading IP; 5.2 The IPv6 Protocol Tunneling Approach; 5.3 IPv4/IPv6 Dual-Stack; 5.4 Connecting IPv6 Domains via IPv4 Clouds
  • 5.5 SummaryPart II: IPv6 Protocols; Chapter 6. The IP Security Protocol (IPsec); 6.1 IP Security Issues; 6.2 Security Goals; 6.3 Encryption and Authentication Algorithms; 6.4 IPsec: The Protocols; 6.5 IP and IPsec; 6.6 Implementing and Deploying IPsec; 6.7 Summary; Chapter 7. IPv6 Protocol Basics; 7.1 The IPv6 Address Space; 7.2 IPv6 Header Format; 7.3 IPv4 Versus IPv6; 7.4 IPv6 Header Fields; 7.5 Option Headers; 7.6 IPv6 Packet Size Limits; 7.7 Other IPv6 Features; 7.8 Summary; Chapter 8. IPv6 Addressing; 8.1 IPv6 Address Types; 8.2 Unicast Address Types; 8.3 Special Unicast Address Types
  • 8.4 IPv6 Address Format8.5 IPv6 Node Self-Awareness; 8.6 Summary; Chapter 9. IPv6 Options and Extension Headers; 9.1 IPv6 Options and Extension Headers; 9.2 Routing Header; 9.3 Fragment Header; 9.4 Hop-by-Hop and Destination Options Headers; 9.5 Summary; Chapter 10. IPv6 Multicast; 10.1 IPv6 Multicast Address Format; 10.2 Multicast Scope Definitions; 10.3 Reserved and Permanent Multicast Addresses; 10.4 Solicited-Node Multicast; 10.5 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6; 10.6 Summary; Chapter 11. IPv6 Anycast; 11.1 Anycast Overview; 11.2 Anycast Motivations