IPv6: Hands-On Training Protocols and Migration

Course Description

IPv6 in practice, in theory and in the packet sniffer.

Internet Protocol version 6 is now widely available. In addition to ending the address shortage, IPv6 introduces new management mechanisms and new procedures for automatic configuration. Administrators need to understand these mechanisms in order to make their networks, servers, and clients IPv6 ready. However, network protocols always involve a certain amount of theory, which makes it difficult to get started. This training therefore has a lot of practical exercises, so that all aspects of IPv6 that are relevant in practice are not only discussed in theory, but also configured and analyzed in practice in a lab network.

Course Objectives

The participants learn the theoretical basics of IPv6 as well as the practical handling of IPv6. For this purpose, IPv6 is set up in a virtual lab network during the training. The participants configure all relevant protocols and services under Linux and analyze the protocols with Wireshark. Participants learn how to plan and implement the IPv6 rollout technically.

Course Outline

Internet Protocols
- How the Internet works
- Summary recap of important aspects of IPv4
- Problems with IPv4 and motivation for IPv6
- Innovations and changes in IPv6
- IPv6 header
- Wireshark for protocol analysis
IPv6 Addresses
- Notation of IPv6 addresses
- Unicast, anycast and multicast addresses
- Design and structure
- Prefix, Interface identifier and their meaning
- Link-local addresses, ULA and global addresses
- Subnetting
- Static addressing and manual routing
- Multicast addresses
Automatic Configuration
- SLAAC
- DHCPv6
Management Functions
- ICMPv6
- Neighbor Discovery
- Multicast Listener Discovery
DNS and IPv6
- Name resolution in IPv6 networks
- IPv6 addresses in the forward DNS
- IPv6 addresses in the reverse DNS
- Configuration of BIND
- Address selection
Standard Services with IPv6
- Web servers (Apache HTTPD)
- Linux Virtual Server (LVS)
- Other standard services in consensus with the participants (e.g. SSH, SMTP, NTP, NFS, Docker, …)
Tunnel and Transition Techniques
- 6in4, 6to4, Teredo
- DS-Lite
- DNS64 and NAT64
- VPN
Security
- netfilter for IPv6
- IPsets
- IPv6-specific security aspects
Overview of other IPv6 Aspects and Protocols
- IPsec
- Mobile IPv6
- SEND
- Routing protocols
- Quality of Service
IPv6 Deployment
- Special aspects of dual-stack operation
- Phases of IPv6 deployment
- Best practices

Target Audience and Prerequisites

The training is aimed at network and server administrators who already have experience with IPv4. Basic knowledge of IPv4 networks, especially the principles of addressing, subnetting and routing, is required. The participants must also be able to use the Linux command line.

Upcoming Trainings

06.05–08.05
German

IPv6: Hands-On Training Protocols and Migration

Online course with trainer

3 Days | EUR1,800.00 (plus 19% VAT. = EUR2,142.00)
14.10–16.10
German

IPv6: Hands-On Training Protocols and Migration

Online course with trainer

3 Days | EUR1,800.00 (plus 19% VAT. = EUR2,142.00)