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Open Tutorial: IPv6 Deployment Planning and IPv6 Security (0.5 days)

Synopsis

This workshop, through a combination of lectures and hands-on lab exercises, will help the participants have a better understanding of the IPv6 protocol and learn how to deploy IPv6 in their network.

Target audience

Technical staff who are building or operating a service provider or enterprise network, and considering deploying IPv6 in their network.

Prerequisites

  • It is assumed that the workshop participants have a working knowledge of IP Routing, are comfortable with IPv6 fundamentals (protocol basics), basic linux commands and how to use a router command line interface.
  • This workshop is not an introduction. The lab exercises use Cisco CLI and Ubuntu VMs.

We recommend the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:

Course outline

  • IPv6 protocol architecture and standards
  • IPv6 deployment planning
  • IPv6 security issues

Other requirements

  • Online – Participants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that computers have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
  • Face to face – Participants are advised to bring their own laptop computers with high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11a/g/n/ac) and administrative access to system. It is also recommended that laptops have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
  • Software: SSH Client, Telnet Client, VirtualBox/VMware
  • Confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure? Test ssh connectivity, try to connect to route-views.routeviews.org. For example from the CLI type: ssh [email protected]
  • Attendees must have an APNIC Academy login account. If you don’t have one already, you can create an account for free at https://academy.apnic.net/
  • Please test the speed of your Internet connection to the servers where the Virtual Machines (VMs) are hosted at the Learn on Demand data centres, using the speed test tool at https://www.learnondemandsystems.com/speedtest/