European AFS & Kerberos Conference 2014

Session

AFS Evolution

27 Mar 2014, 11:30

31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre (CERN)

9. The Road to IPv6

Simon Wilkinson (Y)

27/03/2014, 11:30

Many individuals have expressed interest in IPv6 support for AFS, although it has never reached the top of the development priority list. This talk will discuss the necessary protocol and code changes to support IPv6 across the AFS suite, highlight some of the more challenging areas. We will detail the progress that has been made in producing an IPv6 capable RX library, and rxperf test application.

12. OpenAFS and IPv6

Mr Andrew Deason (Sine Nomine Associates), Mr Michael Meffie (Sine Nomine Associates)

27/03/2014, 12:00

Institutions and businesses are increasingly mandating IPv6 compatibility from their networked applications and systems. The day is approaching when OpenAFS must be able to work with hosts that exclusively use IPv6 addresses. This involves a variety of changes to the OpenAFS codebase and how OpenAFS operates over the wire. This talk will identify the areas where the work to implement IPv6 is...