IPv6 : managing the transition

IPv6 Tutorial
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Contributions
Main authors
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Laurent Toutain, ENST-Bretagne –
I
RISA, France
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B
ernard Tuy, Renater, France
Contributors
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O
ctavio
Medina, ENST-Bretagne, France
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M
ohsen
Souissi, AFNIC, France
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V
incent Levigneron, AFNIC, France
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T
homas Noel, LSIIT, France
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A
lain Durand, Sun Micro
syste
ms, USA
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A
lain Baudot, France Telecom R&D, Franc
e
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B
ill Manning, ISI, USA
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D
av
id Kessens, Qwest, USA
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P
ierre-Emmanuel Goiffon, Renater, France
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J
érôme
D
urand, Renater, Franc
e
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Agenda
Why a new version for IP?
IPv6 Protocol
Address formats, addressing architecture
Protocols associated to IPv6
IPv6 support in the DNS (DNSv6)
IPv6 Mobility
IPv6 Security with IPsec
Early experiences and deployments
IPv6 and OS/applications
IPv4 / IPv6 integration
Equipment Configuration
Conclusion
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Historical facts
1983 : Research network for ~ 100 computers
1992 : Commercial activity
Exponential growth
1993 : Exhaustion of the class B address
space
Forecast of network collapse for 1994!
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Emergency measures
Allocate exceptionally class B addresses
Re-use class C address space
CIDR
(
Classless Internet Domain Routing
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R
F
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1519 (PS)
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n
etwork address = prefix/prefix length
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ess address waste
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r
ecommend aggregation (reduce routing table
length)
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