Book description
IPv6 was introduced in 1994 and has been in development at the IETF for over 10 years. It has now reached the deployment stage. KAME, the de-facto open-source reference implementation of the IPv6 standards, played a significant role in the acceptance and the adoption of the IPv6 technology. The adoption of KAME by key companies in a wide spectrum of commercial products is a testimonial to the success of the KAME project, which concluded not long ago.
This book is the first and the only one of its kind, which reveals all of the details of the KAME IPv6 protocol stack, explaining exactly what every line of code does and why it was designed that way. Through the dissection of both the code and its design, the authors illustrate how IPv6 and its related protocols have been interpreted and implemented from the specifications. This reference will demystify those ambiguous areas in the standards, which are open to interpretation and problematic in deployment, and presents solutions offered by KAME in dealing with these implementation challenges.
- Covering a snapshot version of KAME dated April 2003 based on FreeBSD 4.8
- Extensive line-by-line code listings with meticulous explanation of their rationale and use for the KAME snapshot implementation, which is generally applicable to most recent versions of the KAME IPv6 stack including those in recent releases of BSD variants
- Numerous diagrams and illustrations help in visualizing the implementation
- In-depth discussion of the standards provides intrinsic understanding of the specifications
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: IPv6 Addressing Architecture
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 IPv6 Addresses
- 2.3 Textual Representation of IPv6 Addresses
- 2.4 Address Scopes
- 2.5 IPv6 Address Format
- 2.6 Node Address Requirements
- 2.7 IPv6 Address Space Management
- 2.8 Code Introduction
- 2.9 Handling Scope Zones
- 2.10 Interface Address Structures
- 2.11 IPv6 Prefix Structure
- 2.12 Overview of Address Manipulation Routines
- 2.13 Interface Initialization for IPv6
- 2.14 IPv6 Interface Address Configuration
- 2.15 Deleting an IPv6 Address
- 2.16 Operation with Address Configuration Utility
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Chapter 3: Internet Protocol Version 6
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 IPv6 Header Format`
- 3.3 IPv6 Extension Headers
- 3.4 Source Address Selection
- 3.5 Code Introduction
- 3.6 IPv6 Packet Address Information in Mbuf
- 3.7 Input Processing: ip6_input() Function
- 3.8 Processing Hop-by-Hop Options Header: ip6_hopopts_input() Function
- 3.9 Processing Destination Options Header: dest6_input() Function
- 3.10 Reassembling Fragmented Packets
- 3.11 Processing Routing Header: route6_input() Function
- 3.12 Forwarding: ip6_forward() Function
- 3.13 Output Processing
- Chapter 4: Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6
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Chapter 5: Neighbor Discovery and Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Overview
- 5.3 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration Overview
- 5.4 ND Protocol Messages
- 5.5 Example Exchanges of ND Protocol Messages
- 5.6 ND Protocol Packet Types and Formats
- 5.7 Neighbor Discovery Option Types and Formats
- 5.8 Next-Hop Determination and Address Resolution
- 5.9 Neighbor Unreachability Detection Algorithm
- 5.10 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
- 5.11 Router Specific Operation
- 5.12 Host Specific Operation
- 5.13 Code Introduction
- 5.14 Initialization Functions
- 5.15 Neighbor Cache Management Functions
- 5.16 ND Protocol Messages Processing Functions
- 5.17 ND Protocol Message Options Processing Functions
- 5.18 Default Router Management Functions
- 5.19 Prefix Management Functions
- 5.20 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration Functions
- 5.21 Duplicate Address Detection Functions
- 5.22 Miscellaneous Functions
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Chapter 6: Transport Layer Implications
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 TCP and UDP over IPv6
- 6.3 Pseudo Header for IPv6
- 6.4 Checksum Difference between IPv4 and IPv6
- 6.5 IPv4-mapped IPv6 Address Usage
- 6.6 Code Introduction
- 6.7 General Operations on PCBs and Sockets
- 6.8 TCP-over-IPv6
- 6.9 UDP-over-IPv6
- 6.10 Raw IPv6
- 6.11 Summary of Operation with IPv4-mapped IPv6 Addresses
- 6.12 Viewing IPv6 Connections with netstat
- 6.13 Configuring IPv4-mapped IPv6 Address Support
- Chapter 7: Socket API Extensions
- References
- Index
- Instructions for online access
Product information
- Title: IPv6 Core Protocols Implementation
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2010
- Publisher(s): Morgan Kaufmann
- ISBN: 9780080495880
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