Using IPv6 on BSD: Concepts, Configuration and Operation

Benedikt Stockebrand

IPv6 is in many ways easier to configure and operate than IPv4. But documentation is scarce and often difficult to understand for those not yet familiar with the basic concepts of IPv6. This tutorial explains the basic concepts of IPv6, its differences to IPv4, and how to configure and operate IPv6 on BSD systems.

The topics covered include:

- IPv6 addresses, neighbor and router discovery and stateless address autoconfiguration.

- Elementary routing.

- DNS extensions to support IPv6, secure DNS updates triggered through autoconfiguration.

- Application support (including SSH, NTP, SMTP and HTTP) and gatewaying between IPv6 and IPv4.

- How to connect to the "Internet6" through IPv4-only ISPs.

- New features beyond the larger address space.

Throughout the entire tutorial, example configurations and demonstrations are shown for FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.

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Benedikt Stockebrand is freelance system architect and trainer with a strong focus on the operational aspects of Unix (in the broadest sense) and TCP/IP networking in large distributed and data center environments. He is "Diplom-Informatiker", the German equivalent of a MSc in computer science.

He is currently writing a book on IPv6 operation on Unix to augment his workshops on the same subject.

Further details are available on his home page at http://www.benedikt-stockebrand.de/.