The fundamental technology that supports the Internet and the World Wide
Web is addressing. This apparently simple concept is in reality extremely
complex and the continuing exponential expansion of address needs has
created a serious challenge to the future growth of the Internet. While
everyone involved agrees that the current addressing scheme is limited and
destined to run out of address space, the advent of such ``new'' technologies
as mobility and voice over IP, have exerted even more pressure to motivate change.
The proposed solution, IPv6 Addressing is still in the roll-out phase. Now is the time to understand
the fundamentals and features of IPv6 Addressing. Although there is no
single official document that specifies IPv6 Addressing entirely, there are
many Requests for Comments (RFC's) that describe IPv6 Addressing and how it
works. This book collects these essential documents in a single printed
volume, beginning with a complete overview and introduction to IPv6
Addressing by Peter H. Salus, the RFCs are then presented in chronological
order and the entire volume is supported by an extensive index that makes
specific information about IPv6 Addressing even easier to locate.
All of the important RFCs defining the IPv6 Addressing scheme are collected
in this volume. The RFCs offer a complete overview of the current status
of addressing, how IPv6 will address the future needs of the Internet and
fundamental RFCs detailing how IPv6 Addressing will work. If you buy one
IPv6 Addressing reference, this is the one to choose. The individual RFCs
were written by members of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF),
edited and posted to the internet. This compilation of RFCs is the most
complete and authoritative IPv6 Addressing reference available.
Features:
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing
- Mobility Support
- Neighbor Discovery
- IPv6 over ATM Networks
Peter Salus is an internationally recognized consultant, pundant and journalist concerning all things Unix and Internet related. Peter is a veteran author and will be publishing a very high profile, 4-volume
Handbook of Programming Languages with Macmillan Technical Publishing later this year. His previous books have included
A Quarter Century of Unix and
Casting the Net: From the Arpanet to the Internet and Beyond, both published by Addison Wesley Longman.
