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# 25.3. Online information

## 25.3.1. Join the IPv6 backbone

More to be filled later...suggestions are welcome!

### 25.3.1.1. Global registries

See regional registries.

### 25.3.1.2. Major regional registries

- America: ARIN, ARIN / registration page, ARIN / IPv6 guidelines

- EMEA: Ripe NCC, Ripe NCC / registration page, Ripe NCC / IPv6 registration

- Asia/Pacific: APNIC, APNIC / IPv6 ressource guide

- Latin America and Caribbea: LACNIC, IPv6 Registration Services, IPv6 Allocation Policy

- Africa: AfriNIC

Also a list of major (prefix length 32) allocations per local registry is available here: Ripe NCC / IPv6 allocations.

### 25.3.1.3. Tunnel brokers

Note: A list of available Tunnel broker can be found in the section Tunnel broker below.

- Former IPng. Tunnelbroker and IPv6 resources, now migrated to the SixXs System.

- Eckes' IPv6-with-Linux Page.

- tunnelc - a perl based tunnel client script: freshmeat.net: Project details for tunnel client SourceForge: Project Info - tunnelc (also here)

- Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO, Chapter 6: IPv6 tunneling with Cisco and/or 6bone.

### 25.3.1.4. 6to4

- NSayer's 6to4 information

- RFC 3068 / An Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers

### 25.3.1.5. ISATAP

- ISATAP (Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Access Protocol) Information by JOIN

## 25.3.2. Latest news and URLs to other documents

- Lot of URLs to others documents by Anil Edathara

- go6 - The IPv6 Portal: an IPv6 online portal with a wiki-based IPv6 knowledge center, an IPv6 discussion forum, an up-to-date collection of IPv6 Events and News, free IPv6 access and services, IPv6 software applications, and much more

## 25.3.3. Protocol references

### 25.3.3.1. IPv6-related Request For Comments (RFCs)

Publishing the list of IPv6-related RFCs is beyond the scope of this document, but given URLs will lead you to such lists:

- List sorted by IPng Standardization Status or IPng Current Specifications by Robert Hinden

- IPv6 Related Specifications on IPv6.org

### 25.3.3.2. Current drafts of working groups

Current (also) IPv6-related drafts can be found here:

- IP Version 6 (ipv6)

- Next Generation Transition (ngtrans)

- Dynamic Host Configuration (dhc)

- Domain Name System Extension (dnsext)

- IPv6 Operations (v6ops)

- Mobile IP (mobileip)

- Get any information about IPv6, from overviews, through RFCs & drafts, to implementations (including availability of stacks on various platforms & source code for IPv6 stacks)

### 25.3.3.3. Others

- SWITCH IPv6 Pilot / References, big list of IPv6 references maintained by Simon Leinen

## 25.3.4. More information

DeepSpace6 / more interesting links

### 25.3.4.1. Linux related

- DeepSpace6 / (Not only) Linux IPv6 Portal - Italy (Mirror)

- IPv6-HowTo for Linux by Peter Bieringer - Germany, and his Bieringer / IPv6 - software archive

- Linux+IPv6 status by Peter Bieringer - Germany (going obsolete)

- DeepSpace6 / IPv6 Status Page - Italy (Mirror) (will superseed upper one)

- USAGI project - Japan, and their USAGI project - software archive

- Linux Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR) IPv6 HOWTO

- LinShim6

### 25.3.4.2. Linux related per distribution

PLD

  PLD Linux Distribution (“market leader” in containing IPv6 enabled packages)

Red Hat

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Pekka Savola's IPv6 packages

Fedora

  Fedora Core Linux

Debian

  Debian Linux, IPv6 with Debian Linux

Novell/SuSE

  Novell/SuSE Linux

Mandriva

  Mandriva

For more see the IPv6+Linux Status Distributions page.

### 25.3.4.3. General

- IPv6.org

- 6bone

- WIDE project - Japan

- SWITCH IPv6 Pilot - Switzerland

- IPv6 Corner of Hubert Feyrer - Germany

- IPv6 Forum - a world-wide consortium of leading Internet vendors, Research & Education Networks...

- Playground.sun.com / IPv6 Info Page - maintained by Robert Hinden, Nokia. Get any information about IPv6, from overviews, through RFCs & drafts, to implementations (including availability of stacks on various platforms & source code for IPv6 stacks).

- 6INIT - IPv6 Internet Initiative - an EU Fifth Framework Project under the IST Programme.

- IPv6 Task Force (European Union)

- 6init - IPv6 INternet IniTiative

- IPv6: The New Version of the Internet Protocol, by Steve Deering.

- IPv6: The Next Generation Internet Protocol, by Gary C. Kessler.

- IPv6: Next Generation Internet Protocol - 3Com

- internet || site and internet2 Working Group

- NetworkWorldFusion: Search / Doc Finder: searched for IPv6 (102 documents found 22.12.2002)

- The Register (Search for IPv6 will result in 30 documents, 22.12.2002)

- ZDNet Search for IPv6

- TechTarget Search for IPv6

- IPv6 & TCP Resources List

Something missing? Suggestions are welcome!

### 25.3.4.4. Market Research

- A Tale of Two Wireless Technology Trends: Processor Development Outsourcing and IPv6Yankee Group - 4/1/2002 - 12 Pages - ID: YANL768881

- The World Atlas of the Internet: Americas; IDATE - 2/1/2002 - 242 PAges - ID: IDT803907. Countries covered: Central America, North America, South America; List: Price: $ 3,500.00; excerpt: Panorama of Internet access markets across the globe. Market assessment and forecasts up to 2006 for 34 countries: market structure: main ISPs and market shares; number of subscribers, of ISPs.

- Early Interest Rising for IPv6 by IDC (Author); List Price: $1,500.00; Edition: e-book (Acrobat Reader); Publisher: IDC; ISBN B000065T8E; (March 1, 2002)

### 25.3.4.5. Patents

- Delphion Research: Patent Search Page. Basic (free) registration needed. Examples found 21.12.2002 searching for IPv6: Communicating method between IPv4 terminal and IPv6 terminal and IPv4-IPv6 converting apparatus Translator for IP networks, network system using the translator, and IP network coupling method therefor

## 25.3.5. By countries

### 25.3.5.1. Europe

- www.ist-ipv6.org: IST IPv6 Cluster, European IPv6 Research and Development Projects

- Euro6IX: European IPv6 Internet Exchanges Backbone

### 25.3.5.2. Austria

- IPv6@IKNnet and MIPv6 Research Group: TU Vienna, Austria (IPv6: project, publications, diploma / doctor thesis, Conference Proceedings etc.)

### 25.3.5.3. Australia

- Carl's Australian IPv6 Pages (old content)

### 25.3.5.4. Belgium

Suggestions are welcome!

### 25.3.5.5. Brasil

- IPv6 do Brasil

### 25.3.5.6. China

Suggestions are welcome!

### 25.3.5.7. Czech

Suggestions are welcome!

### 25.3.5.8. Germany

- Xing / IPv6

### 25.3.5.9. France

- Renater: Renater IPv6 Project Page

- IPv6 - RSVP - ATM at INRIA

- NetBSD IPv6 Documentation

### 25.3.5.10. Italy

- Project6: IPv6 networking with Linux

### 25.3.5.11. Japan

- Yamaha IPv6 (sorry, all in japanese native ...)

### 25.3.5.12. Korea

- ETRI: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institut

- IPv6 Forum Korea: Korean IPv6 Deployment Project

### 25.3.5.13. Mexico

- IPv6 Mexico (spain & english version): IPv6 Project Hompeage of The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

### 25.3.5.14. Netherland

- SURFnet: SURFnet IPv6 Backbone

- STACK, STACK (IPv6): Students' computer association of the Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherland

- IPng.nl: collaboration between WiseGuys and Intouch

### 25.3.5.15. Portugal

Suggestions are welcome!

### 25.3.5.16. Russia

- IPv6 Forum for Russia: Yaroslavl State University Internet Center

### 25.3.5.17. Switzerland

Suggestions are welcome!

### 25.3.5.18. United Kingdom

- British Telecom IPv6 Home: BT's ISP IPv6 Trial, UK's first IPv6 Internet Exchange etc.

## 25.3.6. By operating systems

### 25.3.6.1. *BSD

- KAME project (*BSD)

- NetBSD's IPv6 Networking FAQ

- FreeBSD Ports: Ipv6

### 25.3.6.2. Cisco IOS

- Cisco IOS IPv6 Entry Page

- IPv6 for Cisco IOS Software, File 2 of 3: Aug 2002 -- Table of Contents: IPv6 for Cisco IOS Software; Configuring Documentation Specifics; Enabling IPv6 Routing and Configuring; IPv6 Addressing; Enabling IPv6 Processing Globally.

- Cisco Internet Networking Handbook, Chapter IPv6

### 25.3.6.3. HPUX

- comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ

### 25.3.6.4. IBM

- Now that IBM's announced the availability of z/OS V1.4, what's new in this release? This question was posed on 15 August 2002

### 25.3.6.5. Microsoft

- Microsoft Windows 2000 IPv6

- MSRIPv6 - Microsoft Research Network - IPv6 Homepage

- Internet Connection Firewall Does Not Block Internet Protocol Version 6 Traffic (6.11.2001)

- Internet Protocol Numbers (8.10.2002)

- IPv6 Technology Preview Refresh (16.10.2002)

- HOW TO: Install and Configure IP Version 6 in Windows .NET Enterprise Server (26.10.2002)

- Windows .NET Server 6to4 Router Service Quits When You Advertise a 2002 Address on the Public Interface (28.10.2002)

- msdn - Microsoft Windows CE .NET - IPv6 commands

### 25.3.6.6. Solaris

- Sun Microsystems Solaris

- Solaris 2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 1.73

### 25.3.6.7. Sumitoma

- Sumitomo Electric has implemented IPv6 on Suminet 3700 family routers

### 25.3.6.8. ZebOS

- IpInfusion's ZebOS Server Routing Software

## 25.3.7. IPv6 Security

- Internet Security Systems: Security Center, X-Force Database Search (21.12.2002 - 6 topics found relating to IPv6)

- NIST IPsec Project ( National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST)

- Information Security

- NewOrder.box.sk (search for IPv6) (Articles, exploits, files database etc.)

## 25.3.8. Application lists

- DeepSpace6 / IPv6 Status Page (Mirror)

- IPv6.org / IPv6 enabled applications

- Freshmeat / IPv6 search, currently (14 Dec 2002) 62 projects

- IPv6 Forum / Web Links

### 25.3.8.1. Analyzer tools

- Wireshark (former known as Ethereal) is a free network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows

- Radcom RC100-WL - Download Radcom RC100-WL protocol analyzer version 3.20

### 25.3.8.2. IPv6 Products

- 6wind - solutions for IPv4/IPv6 Router, QoS, Multicast, Mobility, Security/VPN/Firewall.

- Fefe's patches for IPv6 with djbdnsAug 2002 -- What is djbdns and why does it need IPv6? djbdns is a full blown DNS server which outperforms BIND in nearly all respects.

- ZebOS Server Routing Suite

- SPA Mail Server 2.21

- Inframail (Advantage Server Edition) 6.0

- HTTrack Website Copier

- CommView 5.0

- Posadis 0.50.6

### 25.3.8.3. SNMP

- comp.protocpols.snmp SNMP FAQ Part 1 of 2

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