True ipv6 is easier once you get through your brain trying to figure out hex and 128bits. Unfortunately it's developers on the tail end of this one. There are a few tweaks to the socket api.
There is a book
that I found very informative. I think we make this the year that kenya takes the lead ipv6 adoption.
We have all the necessary resources to make that happen.
Jgitau
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It's incredible that TCP/IP has survived this long. It's a testamentto the well thought RFCs that spec'd it out.Pop Quiz.1) What's the TCP handshake?2) How does TCP manage to saturate the link provided by a 9600 baudmodem and with very little tweaking a 10Gbit link?3) Assuming a hypothetical gigabit link between your house and yourend-point of interest is 1000kms, and the speed of light on fibre is2/3 c (speed of light in Vacuum) and a 0.5 ms delay due to opticalswitching, can you calculate the RTT for the link?4) Once you have the RTT from 3 above. Calculate the bandwidth delayproduct of the link <<< Hint: This calculation gives you the buffersize settings that you should adjust on your TCP stack. Linux userscan check out /proc/sys/net/*5) How does traceroute work? << Hint: Trickery using TTL and ICMP error messagesAs an aside, you may not know it but I think it's easier to roll outIPV6 than IPV4. Really, with router advertisement, it's painless.On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki@swiftkenya.com> wrote:
New Year's Day Marks 30th Anniversary of Major Milestone for Global Internet
1 January 2013 -- Thirty years ago today on 1 January 1983, the ARPANET,
a direct predecessor of today's Internet, implemented the TCP/IP
protocol in a transition that required all connected computers to
convert to the protocol simultaneously. The open TCP/IP protocol is now
a foundational technology for the networks around the world that make up
the global Internet and interconnect billions of devices.
The transition, which was carefully planned over several years before it
actually took place, is documented in the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) RFC 801 authored by Jon Postel.
Throughout its history, the Internet has continued to evolve. Today,
deploying IPv6, the latest generation of the IP protocol, is critical to
ensuring the Internet's continued growth and to connect the billions of
people not yet online. Thousands of major Internet service providers
(ISPs), home networking equipment manufacturers, and web companies
around the world are coming together to permanently enable IPv6 for
their products and services through efforts such as World IPv6 Launch
organized by the Internet Society.
For more information about the Internet Society's work to facilitate the
open development of standards, protocols, and administration, and to
ensure a robust, secure technical infrastructure, see the Internet
Technology Matters blog and the Deploy360 Programme.
For further details about the Internet's history and development, see
the "Brief History of the Internet".
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