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Linux Kernel Networking: Implementation and Theory
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Linux Kernel Networking: Implementation and Theory

by Rami Rosen
December 2013
Beginner to intermediate
648 pages
18h 28m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 8

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IPv6

In Chapter 7, I dealt with the Linux Neighbouring Subsystem and its implementation. In this chapter, I will discuss the IPv6 protocol and its implementation in Linux. IPv6 is the next-generation network layer protocol of the TCP/IP protocol stack. It was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and it is intended to replace IPv4, which still carries the vast majority of Internet traffic.

In the early ‘90s, the IETF started an effort to develop the next generation of the IP protocol, due to the anticipated Internet growth. The first IPv6 RFC is from 1995: RFC 1883, “Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification.” ...

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