Introduction

Reasons for IPv6, IPv4 solutions for solving address wastage, The origins of IPv6.

IPv6 Addressing 

Format, aggregatable global unicast, site local, link local, Address allocation, Unicast, Multicast, Anycast, Plug and play addressing, stateful and stateless.

The IPv6 Header

The IPv4 header, IPv6 header format, QoS, flow control, priority field, extension headers, hop by hop, destinations header, fragmentation header, security, IPSec, AH, ESP, TCP and UDP, ICMPv6.

Migrating to IPv6

Overview, transition phases, DNS, Dual stack (BIS), DSTM, tunnelling, tunnel establishment, tunnel brokers, IPv4 compatible addresses, Tunnel types, Translation, NAT-PT.

The 6Bone

What it is, registration, IPv6 routing, Standards state, IPv6 today, European sites, UK sites.