Re: [gentoo-user] Good 'layman' tutorial on IPv4 > IPv6?

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
> On 2012-01-19 5:32 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday 19 Jan 2012 15:48:32 Michael Mol wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a reasonable grasp of how to use IP addresses etc with IPv4, but
>>>> every time I start rading about IPv6 I get a headache...
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a decent tutorial written specifically to those who
>>>> have an ok (but not hugely in-depth) understanding of IPv4, and doesn't
>>>> get bogged down in too many technical details, but simply explains what
>>>> you need to know to be able to transition to it and use it effectively
>>>> *and securely* - and/or how *not* to have to expose your entire private
>>>> network to the world (what IPv4 NAT protects you from)?
>
>
>>> I've been doing IPv6 presentations at LUGs and tech cons, and I'm
>>> getting scheduled for a few IPv6 topics at Penguicon...but I'm pretty
>>> sure I'm also not the most knowledgeable on this list wrt IPv6,
>>> either. Still, what would you like to know? (I can use your questions
>>> as fodder and experience for future presentations. ^^)
>
>
>> Now that IPv6 is enabled by default on Linux, is one meant to duplicate
>> all
>> the IPv4 iptable rules also for IPv6?  I'm using arno ip tables and from
>> what
>> I saw in the config file it is either 4 or 6 that one can activate.
>>  Perhaps
>> this has improved with later versions.
>
>
> That was the very first question (and headache) I got from looking at this.
>
>
>> The OP would probably have more questions, but if you ever pull together a
>> pack of slides I would much appreciate a link to look at them.
>
>
> I really wouldn't know where to start... that is why I was looking for a
> decent tutorial that covered the topic in total, so I could hopefully get to
> the point that I *could* ask some intelligent questions about it...

I *highly* recommend Hurricane Electric's IPv6 certification process.
It takes you from newbie status up through operating servers on IPv6.

https://ipv6.he.net/certification/

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