Content that refers to the IPv6 protocol.
Views: 10,667Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT), also known as Large Scale NAT (LSN), is a network technology used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to extend the usability of the limited IPv4 address space by sharing a small pool of public IPv4 addresses among many customers. Why CGNAT Exists How CGNAT Works Technical Characteristics Challenges/Problems with CGNAT Alternatives
Views: 11,458I get asked for this list all the time, so I thought I would just post it. There are others of course, so see the bottom of this post for some others, but if I had to just pick 10, these would be the ones. Links below will send you to Amazon, where if
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Views: 8,107The nslookup command is a built-in network administration tool available on Windows, macOS, and many Linux distributions. It is used to query DNS servers to retrieve information about domain names, IP addresses, and DNS records. Basic Syntax: nslookup [hostname] [DNS server] Components: Common Use Cases: Example Output: Query a Domain: nslookup example.com Output: Server:
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Views: 14,636The dig command, short for “Domain Information Groper,” in Linux or MacOS is a command-line tool used to query Domain Name System (DNS) servers. The command is a lot like nslookup, but at the same time it is different. If you are a Windows user, you have to use nslookup. For a reference on
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Views: 5,086Network Address Translation (NAT) and Network Port Address Translation (NPAT) are not considered a security function because its primary purpose is to modify the L3 network address information in IPv4 packet headers and L4 port numbers of TCP or UDP while in transit. NAT and NPAT are not needed in IPv6 networking. NAT is
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Views: 18,725Yesterday I wanted to mess around with IPv6 Temporary addresses on my computer. Let me start with an overview of IPv6 Temporary addresses. IPv6 Temporary Addresses are a feature designed to enhance privacy for devices using the IPv6 protocol. In the IPv6 addressing scheme, devices typically have both a permanent (static) address and one
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Views: 2,460You all know we have a tone of IPv6 information here (just click here to view anything tagged with IPv6). If you want more, I wanted to provide just a quick post to let everyone know about our IPv6 Reference Repository at Github. The goal of the repository is to provide key information regarding
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Views: 14,3254-Day Instructor-Led Hands-On Lab ClassAvailable in either Web-Based Delivery or On-Site DeliveryMinimum 10 Students – Maximum 16 Students Course Description Modern Ethernet networks extend far beyond basic switching and VLAN operation. High-performance applications, storage systems, data centers, and converged networks depend on Ethernet, TCP/IP, addressing, routing, and specialized storage protocols working together efficiently. Engineers
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Views: 3,495Hello my Networking and IPv6 researchers and enthusiasts. I just started a PCAP repository at Github for IPv6 Extension Header (EH) packet capture examples. Honestly I found nothing worthwhile on the web, that’s not to say they don’t exists in some niche place, but I wanted something easy to access and easy to add
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Views: 1,831I have been teaching Hands On IPv6 courses since 2011 – OMG thats 10 years plus!!! Over the course of time, the Internet Engineering Task Force and various companies have been expanding and detailing IPv6 implementation and specification. As our students know, we are very diligent updating our courses thanks to our Online School
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Example IPv6 Fragmentation Attack
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Example IPv6 SYN Flood Attack
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Views: 10,732 Check out these additional IPv6 Resources: Our IPv6 overview course at Udemy Our IPv6 Custom Profiles for Wireshark Our IPv6 classes at the Online School A major change in the behavior of IP networks between IPv4 and IPv6 is that in IPv6 networks, all hosts are required to support something called Path MTU
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Views: 8,050 Check out these additional IPv6 Resources: Our IPv6 overview course at Udemy Our IPv6 Custom Profiles for Wireshark Our IPv6 classes at the Online School Is there a simple way to display all the IPv6 settings on a Linux machine? Absolutely! I have done the following on Debian/Ubuntu Linux. For the newbies most
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Views: 7,478 Check out these additional IPv6 Resources: Our IPv6 overview course at Udemy Our IPv6 Custom Profiles for Wireshark Our IPv6 classes at the Online School For those of you who love Wireshark and are supporting IPv6, we would like to offer a great default profile for IPv6. Consider for a moment what would
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