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tions which prefix to use for the IPv6 addresses and which routers. Alternatively, use
zebra for automatic configuration of both addresses and routing.
Consult the ifup(8) man page to get information about how to set up various types of
tunnels using the /etc/sysconfig/network files.
30.2.5 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).

30.3 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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