Chapter 9. Securing the Data Plane in IPv6 Environments
This chapter covers the following topics:
• Comparison Between IPv4 and IPv6
• ICMPv6
• IPv4-to-IPv6 Transition Solutions
• Configuring Ingress Filtering
• Secure Transition Mechanisms
• Future Security Enhancements
Overview of IPv6
Comparison Between IPv4 and IPv6
The IPv6 Header
The IPv6 header is twice as big as the IPv4 header (40 bytes versus 20 bytes). However, IPv6 has fewer fields and is simpler, as shown in Figure 9-1.
Figure 9-1. IPv4 ...
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