becarpenter-book6/Contents.md

book6: A Collaborative IPv6 Book.

This is the current list of contents. It will change as the book evolves. There is also an [index](https://github.com/becarpenter/book6/blob/main/Index.md).

List of Contents

1. Introduction

• Foreword
• How to use this book
• How a user sees IPv6
• How an application programmer sees IPv6
• How a network operations center sees IPv6
• How to keep up to date
• How to contribute
• Acknowledgments

2. IPv6 Basic Technology

• Packet format
• Addresses
• Layer 2 functions
• Address resolution
• Auto-configuration
• Managed configuration
• DNS
• Routing
• Transport protocols
• Extension headers and options
• Traffic class and flow label

3. Coexistence with Legacy IPv4

• Dual stack scenarios
• Tunnels
• Translation
• Obsolete techniques
• IPv6 primary differences from IPv4

4. Security

• Layer 2 considerations
• Filtering

5. Deployment

• Status
• Deployment by carriers
• Deployment in the home
• Deployment in the enterprise

6. Management and Operations

• Address planning and management
• Remote configuration
• Benchmarking and monitoring
• Routing operation
• Security operation
• Multi-prefix operation

7. Case Studies

8. Further Reading

99. Chapter Template

• First Section
• Section Template
• Markdown Usage
• Last Section