The Digital UNIX IPV6 Prototype team is pleased to announce the availability
of the latest IPV6 Binary kit for Digital UNIX V3.2C or V3.2D.

Also available at this time is an IPv6 capable Web Server and Browser kit.

The IPv6 for Digital UNIX kit supports the IPV6 base protocol and addressing
specifications, along with ICMPv6, Stateless Address Autoconfiguration, Path
MTU Discovery, and Neighbor Discovery.  It is capable of acting as a BIND
server for AAAA records, and of forwarding packets as a router (via static
routes only).  Also, it includes the BSD API specified in Internet Draft
draft-ietf-ipngwg-bsd-api-05.txt, a Work in Progress.

There are a few limitations which should be pointed out:

      - Limit of 1 LAN interface.  Only a single Ethernet
	or FDDI interface is supported in this release, in
	addition to the loopback and tunnelling interfaces.

      - Incompatible with Digital UNIX V3.2C ATM options.
	Due to differences in the kernel networking infrastructure,
	this kit prevents the ATM options from being linked into
	the kernel.

      - Multi-processor (SMP) systems are not currently supported.

Further details on the installation, configuration, and use of this kit can
be found in the kit, in file /usr/share/ipv6/icu_guide.txt. The following
notes are corrections or modifications which should be read carefully, as
they may require user action to make the IPv6 kit function as described in
the icu_guide.txt.


    1.  The ping6 and netstat6 utilities have incorrect permission
    settings.  Please execute the following commands after running
    ip6_install:

	# chown root:bin /usr/sbin/ping6
        # chmod 4755 /usr/sbin/ping6
	# chown bin:mem /usr/sbin/netstat6
        # chmod 2755 /usr/sbin/netstat6

    2.  In the icu_guide.txt, the description of adding an ARP entry
    is incorrect.  It should read as follows:

        # route6 add -inet -host <ipv4-address> -link <link-address> -interface
        # route6 add -inet -host 3.4.5.6 -link le0:08:00:2b:00:34:56 -interface

    3.  If using the BIND server, execute the following commands to insure
    that the proper image is started:

        # mv /sbin/named /sbin/named.DIST
        # ln -s /usr/sbin/named /sbin/named

    4.  The BIND example file /usr/share/ipv6/named.boot should be modified
    so that the system is not listed as the primary server for the IP6.INT
    domain.
 

Finally, this kit is available for use and evaluation, but is not
officially supported by Digital Equipment Corporation.  Its use
in a production environment would not be recommended.  We would
appreciate any and all feedback about features, bugs, or wishlist
items, but we may not be able to respond to every mail.  Please
send your comments and suggestions to:

	mailto:ipv6-uproto-feedback@netrix.lkg.dec.com