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tions which prefix to use for the IPv6 addresses and which routers. Alternatively, use
zebra/quagga for automatic configuration of both addresses and routing.
Consult the ifcfg-tunnel (5) man page to get information about how to set up various
types of tunnels using the /etc/sysconfig/network files.
17.2.5 For More Information
The above overview does not cover the topic of IPv6 comprehensively. For a more in-
depth look at the new protocol, refer to the following online documentation and books:
http://www.ipv6.org/
The starting point for everything about IPv6.
http://www.ipv6day.org
All information needed to start your own IPv6 network.
http://www.ipv6-to-standard.org/
The list of IPv6-enabled products.
http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/
Here, find the Linux IPv6-HOWTO and many links related to the topic.
RFC 2640
The fundamental RFC about IPv6.
IPv6 Essentials
A book describing all the important aspects of the topic is IPv6 Essentials by Silvia
Hagen (ISBN 0-596-00125-8).

17.3 Name Resolution

DNS assists in assigning an IP address to one or more names and assigning a name to
an IP address. In Linux, this conversion is usually carried out by a special type of soft-
ware known as bind. The machine that takes care of this conversion is called a name
server. The names make up a hierarchical system in which each name component is
separated by dots. The name hierarchy is, however, independent of the IP address hier-
archy described above.
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