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IPv6 Data Sheet
- Test Suite: IPv6
- Direction: Server
- Platform: D3
Internet Protocol version 6 is the successor protocol for IP version 4. IPv6 Test Suite can be used for evaluating IPv6 implementations for security flaws and robustness problems.
Used specifications
| Specification | Title |
|---|---|
| RFC768 | User Datagram Protocol |
| RFC793 | Transmission Control Protocol |
| RFC894 | A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks |
| RFC1035 | Domain Implementation and Specification |
| RFC1887 | An Architecture for IPv6 Unicast Address Allocation |
| RFC2104 | HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication |
| RFC2375 | IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments |
| RFC2403 | The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH |
| RFC2404 | The Use of HMAC-SHA1-96 within ESP and AH |
| RFC2405 | The ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm With Explicit IV |
| RFC2410 | The NULL Encryption Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec |
| RFC2451 | The ESP CBC-Mode Cipher Algorithms |
| RFC2462 | IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration |
| RFC2471 | IPv6 Testing Address Allocation |
| RFC2526 | Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses |
| RFC2928 | Initial IPv6 Sub-TLA ID Assignments |
| RFC3041 | Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6 |
| RFC3178 | IPv6 Multihoming Support at Site Exit Routers |
| RFC3306 | Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6 Multicast Addresses |
| RFC3484 | Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) |
| RFC3531 | A Flexible Method for Managing the Assignment of Bits of an IPv6 Address Block |
| RFC3587 | IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format |
| RFC3769 | Requirements for IPv6 prefix delegation |
| RFC3879 | Deprecating Site Local Addresses |
| RFC3956 | Embedding the Rendezvous Point (RP) Address in an IPv6 Multicast Address |
| RFC2460 | Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification |
| RFC2464 | Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks |
| RFC2473 | Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6 Specification |
| RFC2474 | Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers |
| RFC2675 | IPv6 Jumbogram |
| RFC2711 | IPv6 Router Alert Option |
| RFC3168 | The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP |
| RFC3697 | IPv6 Flow Label Specification |
| RFC3828 | The Lightweight User Datagram Protocol (UDP-Lite) |
| RFC4007 | IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture |
| RFC4193 | Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses |
| RFC4294 | IPv6 Node Requirements |
| RFC4291 | IPv6 Addressing Architecture |
| RFC4301 | Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol |
| RFC4302 | IP Authentication Header |
| RFC4303 | IP Encapsulating Security Payload |
| RFC4308 | Cryptographic Suites for IPsec |
| RFC4311 | IPv6 Host-to-Router Load Sharing |
| RFC4443 | Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification |
| RFC4489 | A Method for Generating Link Scoped IPv6 Multicast Addresses |
| RFC4727 | Experimental Values in IPv4, IPv6, ICMPv6, UDP and TCP Headers |
| RFC4782 | Quick-Start for TCP and IP |
| RFC4835 | Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH) |
| RFC4861 | Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6) |
Test tool general features
- Fully automated black-box negative testing
- Ready-made test cases
- Written in Java(tm)
- GUI, command line, remote interface modes
- Instrumentation (health-check) capability
- Support and maintenance
- Comprehensive user documentation
- Results reporting and analysis
Tool-specific information
| Tested message elements | Specifications | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| IPv6 header | RFC2460 | |
| Hop-by-hop Options header | RFC2460 | |
| Routing header | RFC2460 | Type 0, Type 2. Nimrod and Experimental types 1 and 2 tested as unexpected options |
| Fragment header | RFC2460 | |
| Authentication header | RFC4302 | |
| Tunnel header | RFC2473 | |
| Encapsulated Security Payload | RFC4303 | Tested options | Specifications | Notes |
| Pad1 | RFC2460 | |
| PadN | RFC2460 | |
| Tunnel Encapsulation Limit | RFC2473 | |
| Jumbogram | RFC2675 | |
| Router Alert | RFC2711 | |
| Binding Refresh Advice | RFC3775 | Mobility option |
| Alternate Care-of Address | RFC3775 | Mobility option |
| Nonce Indices | RFC3775 | Mobility option |
| Binding Authorization Data | RFC3775 | Mobility option |
| Home Address | RFC3775 | |
| Mobile Node Identifier | RFC4283 | |
| Mobility Message Authentication | RFC4285 | |
| Replay Protection | RFC4285 | |
| Quick Start Approval | RFC4782 | |
| Quick Start Request | RFC4782 | |
| Experimental options | RFC4727 | Tested as unexpected option |
| Endpoint Identification | Other features | |
| IPv6 tested with and without AH, ESP and AH+ESP both in transport and tunnel modes | ||
| Supported AH authentication algorithms and ESP integrity algorithms: NULL, HMAC_SHA1-96, HMAC_MD5-96 | ||
| Supported ESP crypto algorithms: ESP-NULL, ESP-DES-CBC, ESP-DES3-CBC, ESP-AES-CBC128, ESP-AES-CBC192, ESP-AES-CBC256 | ||
| Configurable destination Ethernet MAC address solicitation mode: Neighbor solicitation for nodes in same subnet, Router solicitation and User-specified target MAC address. | ||
| Configurable IP payload: ICMPv6, UDP and UDPlite. Both default payloads for the protocols and user-specified payload are available. |
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