Author: Mu Dynamics

Summary

With the last of the IPv4 addresses distributed, network operators and equipment vendors are looking for ways to smooth the transition to IPv6. There are lessons to be learned from the early adopters who started implementing IPv6 over 10 years ago to minimize costs and potential disruptions.

Challenges

There are three common mistakes to avoid when transitioning to IPv6:

• Assuming your applications will immediately behave the same over IPv6 as they did over IPv4
• Assuming your security posture will remain the same over IPv6 as it was over IPv4
• Limiting testing to industry-defined conformance tests during the development process

Requirements

When making the transition to IPv6, there are a few things you can do to smooth the transition:

• Applications often widely vary in terms of function, security and scalability when moving from one transport protocol to another, so you should test the applications over each transport to understand the differences.
• The same attack can presents itself differently when running over IPv6 versus IPv4, so you need to test your security posture and ensure your network protection devices function correctly and block what they are supposed to be blocking.
• Start with conformance testing to understand what’s going on at the unit level, and then include fuzz and scale testing to understand what will happen at the system level.

Solution

The Mu solution for IPv6 includes tools for testing the scalability, functionality, interoperability, security, and resiliency of IPv6 networks and applications. With 1,000s of pre-packaged, ready-to-run tests, you can test your systems and networks with unmatched accuracy, flexibility and speed.

Benefits

• Ease your IPv6 transition
• Minimize integration challenges
• Gain control over skyrocketing costs

Use Cases

Mu enables you to easily perform a set of conformance tests for:

• IPv6 Ready Core Conformance
• NIST USGv6 NPD
• Fuzz testing
• Scale testing

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