Networking
Addressing IPv4
You should never see packets on the Internet coming from these networks
- Network Ingress Filtering: rfc 2827/BCP 38
- IPv4 address space from IANA
- Allocated IPv4 Address Space from RIPE
- Special-Use IPv4 Addresses: rfc 3330
- Bogon List by Rob Thomas
Addressing IPv6
- IPv6 address space from IANA
- Allocated IPv6 Address Space from RIPE
- An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format: rfc 2374
IPv6 General
- Setting up IPv6 on your PC
- IPv6 Information Page
- 6bone
- IPv6 at Sun
- IETF: IP Version 6 Working Group (ipv6)
- IETF: Next Generation Transition (ngtrans)
Regional Address registry
- Europe - RIPE
- North America - ARIN
- Asia Pacific - APNIC
- Latin American and Caribbean - LACNIC
- Africa - AfriNIC
Routing
- Secure IOS Template by Rob Thomas
- Secure BGP Template by Rob Thomas
- The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Multihoming
Some back-bone providers will filter your route away if you advertise less than a /19 or /20 block.
- Scalable Support for Multi-homed Multi-provider Connectivity: rfc 2260
- IPv6 Multihoming Support at Site Exit Routers: rfc 3178
Tools
Doing whois it is sometimes difficult to find out which whois server to query. HINT: query TLD.whois-servers.net which is a cname to the correct whois server (service provided by the Geektools people).
- Geektools - whois, traceroute, etc.
- Ethereal - network protocol analyzer
- TCPDUMP and associated tools