1.6. Preface

Some things first:

1.6.1. How many issues of a Linux & IPv6 related HOWTO are floating around?

Including this, there are three (3) HOWTO documents available. Sorry, if that's too many ;-)

1.6.1.1. Linux IPv6 FAQ/HOWTO (outdated)

The first IPv6 related document was written by Eric Osborne and called Linux IPv6 FAQ/HOWTO (please use it only for historical issues). Latest version was 3.2.1 released 14. Juli 1997.

Please help: if someone knows the date of birth of this HOWTO, please send me an e-mail (information will be needed in “history”).

1.6.1.2. IPv6 & Linux - HowTo (maintained)

There exists a second one called IPv6 & Linux - HowTo written by me (Peter Bieringer) in pure HTML. It was born April 1997 and the first English version was published in June 1997. I will continue to maintain it, but it will slowly fade in favor of the Linux IPv6 HOWTO you are reading right this second.

1.6.1.3. Linux IPv6 HOWTO (this document)

Because the IPv6 & Linux - HowTo is written in pure HTML it's not really compatible with the Linux Documentation Project (LDP). I (Peter Bieringer) got a request in late November 2001 to rewrite the IPv6 & Linux - HowTo in SGML. However, because of the discontinuation of that HOWTO (Future of IPv6 & Linux - HowTo) once IPv6 becomes more and more standard, I decided to write a new document covering basic and advanced issues which will remain important over the next years. Dynamic content will be still found further on in the second HOWTO (IPv6 & Linux - HowTo).