NPD6 – Starts 2013 with version 1.0.0

The ongoing project of npd6 (Neighbor Proxy Daemon IPv6) kicks off 2013 with a bright, shiny new release!!!!

Some history is here, and the project page itself is over here.

Or go straight to the download section.

The new version has a host of fixes, tweaks and tuning. Also some asked-for new features (address masks, […]

IPv6 temporary addresses and privacy extensions

On a fairly vanilla install of Ubuntu 12.04 (i.e. current) in an environment with full IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity one may seem some (at first sight) strange things concerning the IPv6 addresses in use.

The network has a single gateway router/server, and provides full IPv6 to the devices in the house using radvd and […]

IPv6 neighbor proxy daemon – npd6

I admit defeat… You know how it is: you’re searching for a solution to a technical problem, and you KNOW that someone else has had the same problem. In fact thousands of people have had the same problem. And it was fixed years ago. If I can just find that solution…

EDIT: 22 July – […]

IPv6 at home – a guide to getting started

With IPv6 slowly becoming more visible, it was time to get to grips with it. While absolutely not essential (yet!) it seemed like a fun idea: my ADSL provider offers native IPv6 in parallel with IPv4, and my hosting provider is running an IPv6 beta. So I can do native IPv6 end to end […]