25.3. Online information

25.3.1.1. Global registries

See regional registries.

25.3.1.2. Major regional registries

• America: ARIN, ARIN / registration page, ARIN / IPv6 guidelines

• EMEA: Ripe NCC, Ripe NCC / registration page, Ripe NCC / IPv6 registration

• Asia/Pacific: APNIC, APNIC / IPv6 ressource guide

• Latin America and Caribbea: LACNIC, IPv6 Registration Services, IPv6 Allocation Policy

• Africa: AfriNIC

Also a list of major (prefix length 32) allocations per local registry is available here: Ripe NCC / IPv6 allocations.

25.3.1.3. Tunnel brokers

Note: A list of available Tunnel broker can be found in the section Tunnel broker below.

• Former IPng. Tunnelbroker and IPv6 resources, now migrated to the SixXs System.

• Eckes' IPv6-with-Linux Page.

• tunnelc - a perl based tunnel client script: freshmeat.net: Project details for tunnel client SourceForge: Project Info - tunnelc (also here)

• Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO, Chapter 6: IPv6 tunneling with Cisco and/or 6bone.

25.3.1.4. 6to4

• NSayer's 6to4 information

• RFC 3068 / An Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers

25.3.1.5. ISATAP

• ISATAP (Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Access Protocol) Information by JOIN

25.3.3.1. IPv6-related Request For Comments (RFCs)

Publishing the list of IPv6-related RFCs is beyond the scope of this document, but given URLs will lead you to such lists:

• List sorted by IPng Standardization Status or IPng Current Specifications by Robert Hinden

• IPv6 Related Specifications on IPv6.org

25.3.3.2. Current drafts of working groups

Current (also) IPv6-related drafts can be found here:

• IP Version 6 (ipv6)

• Next Generation Transition (ngtrans)

• Dynamic Host Configuration (dhc)

• Domain Name System Extension (dnsext)

• IPv6 Operations (v6ops)

• Mobile IP (mobileip)

• Get any information about IPv6, from overviews, through RFCs & drafts, to implementations (including availability of stacks on various platforms & source code for IPv6 stacks)

25.3.3.3. Others

• SWITCH IPv6 Pilot / References, big list of IPv6 references maintained by Simon Leinen

25.3.4.1. Linux related

• DeepSpace6 / (Not only) Linux IPv6 Portal - Italy (Mirror)

• IPv6-HowTo for Linux by Peter Bieringer - Germany, and his Bieringer / IPv6 - software archive

• Linux+IPv6 status by Peter Bieringer - Germany (going obsolete)

• DeepSpace6 / IPv6 Status Page - Italy (Mirror) (will superseed upper one)

• USAGI project - Japan, and their USAGI project - software archive

• Linux Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR) IPv6 HOWTO

• LinShim6

25.3.4.2. Linux related per distribution

For more see the IPv6+Linux Status Distributions page.

25.3.4.3. General

• IPv6.org

• 6bone

• WIDE project - Japan

• SWITCH IPv6 Pilot - Switzerland

• IPv6 Corner of Hubert Feyrer - Germany

• IPv6 Forum - a world-wide consortium of leading Internet vendors, Research & Education Networks...

• Playground.sun.com / IPv6 Info Page - maintained by Robert Hinden, Nokia. Get any information about IPv6, from overviews, through RFCs & drafts, to implementations (including availability of stacks on various platforms & source code for IPv6 stacks).

• 6INIT - IPv6 Internet Initiative - an EU Fifth Framework Project under the IST Programme.

• IPv6 Task Force (European Union)

• 6init - IPv6 INternet IniTiative

• IPv6: The New Version of the Internet Protocol, by Steve Deering.

• IPv6: The Next Generation Internet Protocol, by Gary C. Kessler.

• IPv6: Next Generation Internet Protocol - 3Com

• internet || site and internet2 Working Group

• NetworkWorldFusion: Search / Doc Finder: searched for IPv6 (102 documents found 22.12.2002)

• The Register (Search for IPv6 will result in 30 documents, 22.12.2002)

• ZDNet Search for IPv6

• TechTarget Search for IPv6

• IPv6 & TCP Resources List

Something missing? Suggestions are welcome!

25.3.4.4. Market Research

• A Tale of Two Wireless Technology Trends: Processor Development Outsourcing and IPv6Yankee Group - 4/1/2002 - 12 Pages - ID: YANL768881

• The World Atlas of the Internet: Americas; IDATE - 2/1/2002 - 242 PAges - ID: IDT803907. Countries covered: Central America, North America, South America; List: Price: $ 3,500.00; excerpt: Panorama of Internet access markets across the globe. Market assessment and forecasts up to 2006 for 34 countries: market structure: main ISPs and market shares; number of subscribers, of ISPs.

• Early Interest Rising for IPv6 by IDC (Author); List Price: $1,500.00; Edition: e-book (Acrobat Reader); Publisher: IDC; ISBN B000065T8E; (March 1, 2002)

25.3.4.5. Patents

• Delphion Research: Patent Search Page. Basic (free) registration needed. Examples found 21.12.2002 searching for IPv6: Communicating method between IPv4 terminal and IPv6 terminal and IPv4-IPv6 converting apparatus Translator for IP networks, network system using the translator, and IP network coupling method therefor

25.3.5.1. Europe

• www.ist-ipv6.org: IST IPv6 Cluster, European IPv6 Research and Development Projects

• Euro6IX: European IPv6 Internet Exchanges Backbone

25.3.5.2. Austria

• IPv6@IKNnet and MIPv6 Research Group: TU Vienna, Austria (IPv6: project, publications, diploma / doctor thesis, Conference Proceedings etc.)

25.3.5.3. Australia

• Carl's Australian IPv6 Pages (old content)

25.3.5.4. Belgium

Suggestions are welcome!

25.3.5.5. Brasil

• IPv6 do Brasil

25.3.5.6. China

Suggestions are welcome!

25.3.5.7. Czech

Suggestions are welcome!

25.3.5.8. Germany

• Xing / IPv6

25.3.5.9. France

• Renater: Renater IPv6 Project Page

• IPv6 - RSVP - ATM at INRIA

• NetBSD IPv6 Documentation

25.3.5.10. Italy

• Project6: IPv6 networking with Linux

25.3.5.11. Japan

• Yamaha IPv6 (sorry, all in japanese native ...)

25.3.5.12. Korea

• ETRI: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institut

• IPv6 Forum Korea: Korean IPv6 Deployment Project

25.3.5.13. Mexico

• IPv6 Mexico (spain & english version): IPv6 Project Hompeage of The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

25.3.5.14. Netherland

• SURFnet: SURFnet IPv6 Backbone

• STACK, STACK (IPv6): Students' computer association of the Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherland

• IPng.nl: collaboration between WiseGuys and Intouch

25.3.5.15. Portugal

Suggestions are welcome!

25.3.5.16. Russia

• IPv6 Forum for Russia: Yaroslavl State University Internet Center

25.3.5.17. Switzerland

Suggestions are welcome!

25.3.5.18. United Kingdom

• British Telecom IPv6 Home: BT's ISP IPv6 Trial, UK's first IPv6 Internet Exchange etc.

25.3.6.1. *BSD

• KAME project (*BSD)

• NetBSD's IPv6 Networking FAQ

• FreeBSD Ports: Ipv6

25.3.6.2. Cisco IOS

• Cisco IOS IPv6 Entry Page

• IPv6 for Cisco IOS Software, File 2 of 3: Aug 2002 -- Table of Contents: IPv6 for Cisco IOS Software; Configuring Documentation Specifics; Enabling IPv6 Routing and Configuring; IPv6 Addressing; Enabling IPv6 Processing Globally.

• Cisco Internet Networking Handbook, Chapter IPv6

25.3.6.3. HPUX

• comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ

25.3.6.4. IBM

• Now that IBM's announced the availability of z/OS V1.4, what's new in this release? This question was posed on 15 August 2002

25.3.6.5. Microsoft

• Microsoft Windows 2000 IPv6

• MSRIPv6 - Microsoft Research Network - IPv6 Homepage

• Internet Connection Firewall Does Not Block Internet Protocol Version 6 Traffic (6.11.2001)

• Internet Protocol Numbers (8.10.2002)

• IPv6 Technology Preview Refresh (16.10.2002)

• HOW TO: Install and Configure IP Version 6 in Windows .NET Enterprise Server (26.10.2002)

• Windows .NET Server 6to4 Router Service Quits When You Advertise a 2002 Address on the Public Interface (28.10.2002)

• msdn - Microsoft Windows CE .NET - IPv6 commands

25.3.6.6. Solaris

• Sun Microsystems Solaris

• Solaris 2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 1.73

25.3.6.7. Sumitoma

• Sumitomo Electric has implemented IPv6 on Suminet 3700 family routers

25.3.6.8. ZebOS

• IpInfusion's ZebOS Server Routing Software

25.3.8.1. Analyzer tools

• Wireshark (former known as Ethereal) is a free network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows

• Radcom RC100-WL - Download Radcom RC100-WL protocol analyzer version 3.20

25.3.8.2. IPv6 Products

• 6wind - solutions for IPv4/IPv6 Router, QoS, Multicast, Mobility, Security/VPN/Firewall.

• Fefe's patches for IPv6 with djbdnsAug 2002 -- What is djbdns and why does it need IPv6? djbdns is a full blown DNS server which outperforms BIND in nearly all respects.

• ZebOS Server Routing Suite

• Inframail (Advantage Server Edition)

• HTTrack Website Copier

• CommView

• Posadis

25.3.8.3. SNMP

• comp.protocpols.snmp SNMP FAQ Part 1 of 2