期刊名称：International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications
印刷版ISSN：0975-2307
电子版ISSN：0974-9330
出版年度：2012
卷号：4
期号：6
DOI：10.5121/ijnsa.2012.461
出版社：Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
摘要：One of the mainpurposesofInternetProtocolversion6(IPv6)developmentswas tosolvethe IP addressdepletionconcerndue to theburgeoninggrowth oftheInternet users.The new Internet protocolprovidesend-to-end communication, enhanced security and extensibility apart from the other features such asaddress auto-configuration or plug-and-play and fasterpacket processing in the routers. However, as anew technology, itis also reported that the protocol introducessomesecurity vulnerabilities both in theheader format and in the other protocols associated to it. This paper reviews IPv6 security vulnerabilitiesthat have large potential exploitation in terms of denial of service attacks. The IPv6 securityvulnerabilities are classified under three categories that include the IPv6 main header field, IPv6extension header andNeighbourDiscoveryProtocol (NDP). This paper also summarizes the currentmitigation methods proposed by researchers and practitioners tosecurefrom these IPv6 securityvulnerabilities
