IPv6: More than a larger address space

Benedikt Stockebrand

IPv6 is different than the IP, or rather IPv4, that we know and are so familiar with. It offers an abundace of addresses, Largely autocon figures itself and offers a set of new features, some of which have been only known from telephony networks until now.

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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/.