Common IPv6 information and tips

The following will provide a reference point to get your IPv6 support started. The intention is not to be a total solution but a guide to get you or your group thinking of the network systems, services and functions that need to be configured in a manner that will provide secure and highly available service.

The folling is divided into the following:

  • General Security
  • Routing
  • Edge
  • Operating Systems
  • References for more detailed study
  • Security considerations and guidelines

    
      General information could be accessed here.
      Or maybe just list the major areas of security.
      1. Internet routing.
      2. core LAN internetwork routing.
      3. at the client edge equipment (switches).
      4. End station.
      5. Client applications.
      6. Servers/Dat Center for items 2 through 5.
      6. Am I missing anything?
    
    

    Routing Security considerations

      maybe you only do one completed page here and all
      others are place holders to a default page
      stating that guidlines need to be developed for this
      particular routing scenario. 
    
      Router notes
    
      Internet facing Router information
    
      Internetwork Routing information
    
      General ICMPv6
    
      Edge Switch Policy Enterasys Ethernet
    
    

    Transition Methods

    
      Mechanisms
      1. Dual Stack
      2. NAT64 / DNS64 reference
      3. Tunnels
    
    

    Edge Policy considerations

      Edge Switch Policy Enterasys Ethernet
    
    
      
    Service Provider Router Article CYMRU team
    Router notes

    Operating System considerations

    
      Good DOCUMENT for some general WINDOWS Filtering:
      Host based information, CERT.ORG
    
       For WINDOWS it may be good to just list
        some easy "netsh" commands to view IPv6 interface and
       routing information.
       Then just a few firewall commands such  as 
    
       "Use the following command to block router redirects (type 137):
    
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name "block icmpv6 type 137"
         dir=in action=block
        protocol=icmpv6:137,any
        "  
    
      Windows getting started
      MAC getting started
      Linux getting started
      
    others information getting started

    References

    
      IPv6 News -IPv6Fridays BLOG
    
      Host based information, CERT.ORG
      ISP Router  info, CYMRU Team
    
      IPv6 participants  world lauch  statistics