managing network over v6 [Re: ocean: do not boil]

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Tim Chown wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 10:02:52AM -0400, Keith Moore wrote:
> > 
> > I don't really know, since I don't manage networks.  But I can imagine
> > that it's somewhat saner to have only one IP protocol to monitor and 
> > only one set of host-to-address bindings to deal with.
> 
> But are we in a position now to be able to monitor and manage a network over 
> IPv6 only?  (I haven't yet seen much discussion of this in v6ops, as an 
> operational issue, or does it belong elsewhere?)

Depends on what you want to use it for.  At least some router vendors 
already support:

- DNS queries over IPv6
- SSH/telnet over IPv6
- SNMP over IPv6 (I've personally used this too.)
- IPv4 over IPv6 tunnels
- (I'm not aware of the implementation status of Tacacs/Radius situation,
if used, but that could be one element)

So at least most components We've found useful are there.  Not in all the 
implementations, of course.

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Pekka Savola                 "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy                   not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security.  -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords