IPv6 Security Training Course

The IPv6 Security Training Course is a one-day course providing an overview of the most relevant IPv6 security topics. The participant will gain insight into industry best practices and gain a high-level understanding of the most pressing IPv6 security concerns today. The course includes theory and hands-on exercises.

• You have knowledge and experience with IPv6
• Your organisation has implemented IPv6 or is planning implementation
• You are a security/network/systems administrator, information security officer, IT consultant, or security policy writer

If you cannot attend this training course you can also follow the IPv6 Security e-learning course at the RIPE NCC Academy.

This is an advanced course that requires the participant to understand:

• IPv4 networking and security
• IPv6 networking equivalent to that covered in the RIPE NCC Basic IPv6 Course or the RIPE NCC Academy IPv6 Fundamentals Course
• Basic Internet security concepts
• For the labs: CLI and command tools

• Introduction

• Basic IPv6 Protocol Security

• Basic Header 

• Extension Headers

• Addressing

• IPv6 Associated Protocols Security

• ICMPv6

• NDP

• MLD

• DNS

• DHCPv6

• Internet wide IPv6 Security

• Filtering

• DDOS

• Transition Mechanism

• Tips and Tools

• Up-to-date information

• Security Tools

• Device features

The course doesn't cover:

• IPv6 basics
• IPv6 addresses details and addressing plans
• IPv6 routing
• The basics of IPv6-associated protocols like NDP or ICMPv6

• Identify what IPv6 security is and isn't

•  Identify and protect your network from IPv6-related threats

• Understand how the IPv6-associated protocols work. Identify and protect your network from therelated threats

• Recognise the existing security solutions to protect your IPv6 network

• Understand how to apply packet filtering in IPv6

• Understand how Internet-wide IPv6 threats could happen, such as DDoS or via transition mechanisms

• Understand the many complexities of IPv6 that must be taken into account from
  a security point-of-view