The DIGITAL UNIX IPv6 team is pleased to announce the availability of the latest IPv6 Binary kit for DIGITAL UNIX V4.0B. This kit is available through Anonymous FTP at the following location: ftp://sipper.zk3-x.dec.com/pub/ipv6_binary_X6.0.tar.gz (via IPv4) ftp://sipper.ipv6.zk3-x.dec.com/pub/ipv6_binary_X6.0.tar.gz (via 6bone) Also available at this time are the following: IPv6 capable Web Server and Client: ftp://sipper.zk3-x.dec.com/pub/ipv6_www_X6.0.tar.gz (via IPv4) ftp://sipper.ipv6.zk3-x.dec.com/pub/ipv6_www_X6.0.tar.gz (via 6bone) IPv6 Bricks demo: ftp://sipper.zk3-x.dec.com/pub/bricks-v6kit.tar.Z (via IPv4) ftp://sipper.ipv6.zk3-x.dec.com/pub/bricks-v6kit.tar.Z (via 6bone) The following new features have been added for this release: - The kit provides a setld installation procedure. - User documentation is available in both postscript format and web style HTML format. - ftp, telnet, ping, netstat, and route commands now support IPv6 addresses. The special IPv6 version of these commands (e.g., ftp6, telnet6) no longer exist. traceroute6 continues to exist supporting IPv6 only and will be modified in a future release. The following features were added in previous releases: - The kernel routing table search key has been expanded to include the interface and gateway. This is in addition to the destination and netmask. This allows multiple routing table entries for a given destination/netmask provided that either the gateway and/or interface differ. - Multiple LAN interfaces (Ethernet and FDDI) are now supported. - RIPng is now supported over Ethernet and FDDI interfaces. - Multiple default routes are now supported and are stored as "default" in the routing table. 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. This kit implements the BSD API specified in Internet Draft draft-ietf-ipngwg-bsd-api-05.txt, a Work in Progress. DIGITAL plans to support the latest version of this API, as specified in draft-ietf-ipngwg-bsd-api-07.txt, in an upcoming release of this kit. Due to changes in the API specification, some IPv6 applications developed to the bsd-api-05 specification may require source code changes and/or recompilation at that time. There are a few limitations which should be pointed out: - Incompatible with DIGITAL UNIX V4.0B 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. - Some commands and utilities which are tightly integrated with kernel data structures might not work, or may yield unexpected output or behavior. These include arp, netstat, and gated. - RIPng over tunnels is not supported. This support is planned for a future release. - Previous versions of this kit contained IPv6 support for the X library and server. This functionality is not yet available for DIGITAL UNIX V4.0B IPv6 systems. To unpack the kit, it is suggested that the following commands be issued by root: # mkdir /usr/tmp/ip6kit Copy the compressed file to /usr/tmp/ip6kit # cd /usr/tmp/ip6kit # cat ipv6_binary_X6.0.tar.gz | gunzip | tar xvpf - The kit contains two subsets, IP6BASE100 and IP6DOC100. Install these subsets with the following command: # setld -l /usr/tmp/ip6kit After installation, do the following tasks: - Run the post-install script to modify system files and rebuild the kernel for IPv6. # /usr/sbin/ip6_postinstall - Copy to /vmunix and reboot: # mv /vmunix /vmunix.save # cp /usr/sys/SYSTEMNAME/vmunix /vmunix # shutdown -r now Further details on the configuration and use of this kit can be found in the postscript file: /usr/share/doclib/ipv6/userguide/user_guide.ps or use your web browser to view this document by entering the URL: file:/usr/share/doclib/ipv6/userguide/TITLE.HTM 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