2008 Technology - Internet - Volume 4 - IPv6

1. TCP, UDP & SCTP

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 TCP/IP packets
  • 1.2.1 IPv4 header
  • 1.2.2 Routing
  • 1.2.3 UDP packet
  • 1.2.4 TCP
• 1.3 IP addresses
  • 1.3.1 Overview
  • 1.3.2 TCP and UDP port numbers
  • 1.3.3 Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
  • 1.3.4 Network and broadcast address
• 1.4 Transition to IPv6
  • 1.4.1 IPv6 islands in an IPv4 sea
  • 1.4.2 Dual stack networks
  • 1.4.3 Avoiding Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • 1.4.4 IPv6 benefits

2. IPv6

• 2.1 Addressing
  • 2.1.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.2 128 bit addressing
  • 2.1.3 Unicast and alternatives
  • 2.1.4 Global Unicast Addresses
  • 2.1.5 Sparseness as a form of security
• 2.2 Autoconfiguration, ICMPv6 & Neighbour Discovery
  • 2.2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2.2 The lower 64 address bits
  • 2.2.3 Autoconfiguration
  • 2.2.4 Renumbering when changing ISP
  • 2.2.5 ICMPv6 and Neighbour discovery
• 2.3 Headers & DNS
  • 2.3.1 Introduction
  • 2.3.2 Headers
  • 2.3.3 Domain Name System (DNS)
• 2.4 Address selection & mobility
  • 2.4.1 Introduction
  • 2.4.2 Address selection
  • 2.4.3 MTU and Packet Fragmentation
  • 2.4.4 Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6)
• 2.5 Multihoming & SHIM6
  • 2.5.1 Introduction
  • 2.5.2 Types of multihoming
  • 2.5.3 PA or PI addresses for IPv6
  • 2.5.4 SHIM6
• 2.6 Address management
  • 2.6.1 Introduction
  • 2.6.2 The IPv6 BGP Routing Table
• 2.7 Transition & adoption
  • 2.7.1 Introduction
  • 2.7.2 IPv6 via IPv4 tunnels
  • 2.7.3 Transition to IPv6
  • 2.7.4 IPv6 for mobile devices
  • 2.7.5 IPv6 adoption forever in the future?

3. Glossary of Abbreviations

• Exhibit 1 - An 8 address TCP/IP subnet
• Exhibit 2 - Assigned subnets of IPv6 addresses
• Exhibit 3 - Bit functions of IPv6 Global Unicast Addresses
• Exhibit 4 - OSI layered model: a web-browsing, TCP/IP and Ethernet example