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IPv6 Essentials, second edition, provides a succinct, in-depth tour of all the new features and functions in IPv6. It guides you through everything you need to know to get started, including how to configure IPv6 on hosts and routers and which applications currently support IPv6. The new protocol offers extended address space, scalability, improved support for security, real-time traffic support, and auto configuration, so that even a novice user can connect a machine to the Internet. Aimed at system and network administrators, engineers, network designers, and IT managers, this book will help you understand, plan for, design, and integrate IPv6 into your current IPv4 infrastructure. Beginning with a short history of IPv6, author Silvia Hagen provides an overview of new functionality and market situations, and discusses why we need IPv6. Hagen also includes exhaustive discussions of the new IPv6 header format and extension headers, IPv6 address and ICMPv6 message formats, security, QoS, mobility, and last but not least, offers a Quick Start Guide for different operating systems. In-depth technical details of IPv6. Mechanisms and case studies that show how to integrate IPv6 into you network without interruption of IPv4 services. Routing protocols upper-layer protocols. Security concepts and requirements in IPv6, including the IPSEC framework and security elements available for authentication and encryption. The elements available for Quality of Service (QoS) in IPv6 and how they can be implemented. DHCPv6 and Mobile IPv6. How to get started on different operating systems: Sun Solaris, Linux, BSD, Windows XP, and Cisco routers. Whether you're ready to start implementing IPv6 today or are planning your strategy for the future, IPv6 Essentials, second edition, will provide the solid