ABSTRACT

Introduction Chapter 1 introduced some basic concepts in IPv6. As we have seen, IPv6 (RFC 2460) is a connectionless datagram protocol used for routing packets between hosts. However, there are a number of ancillary functions that support the main protocol. Th e two chapters that follow provide additional IPv6 details that require understanding on the part of network and security planners. Th is chapter focuses on addressing and the next focuses on protocol structures. Th is chapter is in two parts: Part 1 (Sections 2.1-2.3) provides an overview and Part 2 (Sections 2.4-2.7) provides additional technical details.