Copyright

IPv6 Security

Scott Hogg and Eric Vyncke

Copyright© 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Hogg, Scott.
 IPv6 security / Scott Hogg, Eric Vyncke.
    p. cm.
 Includes bibliographical references and index.
 ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-594-2 (pbk.)
 ISBN-10: 1-58705-594-5
1. Computer networks—Security measures. 2. TCP/IP (Computer network protocol) I. Vyncke, Eric. II. Title.

TK5105.59.H637 2009
005.8—dc22
                                       2008047255

ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-594-2

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Dedications

This book is dedicated to David Hogg. I think he would be proud of me.

—Scott Hogg

To my family, my parents Ghislaine and Willy, my wife Isabelle, and my children Pierre and Thibault.

—Eric Vyncke