IPv6 Network Administration: Teaching the Turtle to Dance

by Niall Richard Murphy, David Malone

For an obscure networking protocol, IPv6 has caused an inordinate amount of fuss. Over-hyped, under-sold, acclaimed, scuppered, and resurrected over the past couple of years, IPv6 is finally making its way into software and hardware operating systems, with Cisco, Microsoft, and Sun adopting it as a standard. IPv6 Network Administration provides you with the information you need to plan, implement, and administer IPv6 services and software in your network.

A must-have for network administrators everywhere, the second edition of this practical guide delivers an even-handed approach to IPv6, including its benefits and potential downsides. You'll learn what works, what doesn't, and what's practical when upgrading your networks from IPv4 to IPv6.


Understand how IPv6 compares to the current IPv4 protocol
Learn basic IPv6 configuration and troubleshooting on a variety of platforms
Find out how the Web, firewalls, DNS, and e-mail interact with IPv6
Add IPv6 support to your in-house software

Genres: Computers, Technology, Reference

308 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Niall Murphy leads the Ads Site Reliability Engineering team at Google Ireland. He has been involved in the Internet industry for about 20 years, and is currently chairperson of INEX, Ireland’s peering hub. He is the author or coauthor of a number of technical papers and/or books, including “IPv6 Network Administration” for O’Reilly, and a number of RFCs. He is currently cowriting a history of the Internet in Ireland, and is the holder of degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Poetry Studies, which is surely some kind of mistake. He lives in Dublin with his wife and two sons.

Reviews

[Andre · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good introduction to the ins and outs of IPv6 administration. More than enough for me to get started on my home network on Mac, windows, Linux, and iDevices. I hope my upstream ISP can give me some addresses though.

[Andrew Grimberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the book very good in its explanations of IPv6. The book has given me a lot to think about before my company even really considers rolling IPv6 out to the desktops and servers.

[Dario · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good but dated read. Will be interested to see what the new edition looks like in October.