IPv6 Security Training Course

This course is restricted to RIPE NCC members only.

Description

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.

IMPORTANT: if you only have basic knowledge of IPv6, either learned on your own or in the Basic IPv6 training course, the IPv6 Security course may be difficult to follow for you. This course requires an advanced level of knowledge of the IPv6 Protocol and its operations. We strongly recommend that you attend our Advanced IPv6 Training Course before signing up for this course. 
 
You should attend this training course if you are part of the staff of a Local Internet Registry (LIR) and if:
  • 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.

Pre-requisites

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

Course content

  • 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

 

Goals

  • 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

Training material

The latest version of the training material is available here.

 

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