IPv6 Ready Logo Program
Frequently Asked Questions

IPv6 Forum

Contact: ipv6ready-info@ipv6ready.org
Last Updated: Nov 7, 2008

  1. Table of Contents

    1. What is the IPv6 Ready Logo Program?
    2. What is the IPv6 Forum's role?
    3. Who's on the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee? What are their roles?
    4. Who are the IPv6 Ready Logo Approved Testing Laboratories?
    5. Are there different Phases of the IPv6 Ready Logo Program?
    6. What are the current testing programs?
    7. What RFCs are covered?
    8. Who writes the test specifications?
    9. How often do these test documents change?
    10. What is the process to obtain the IPv6 Ready Logo?
    11. What is the format of IPv6 Ready Logo ID?
    12. Do I have to re-test my product after a software/hardware version update?
    13. Can I get the Logo for a series of products?
    14. Do I need to re-test when my product uses an all ready approved OEM product?
    15. Where can I find the test specifications/tools?
    16. Who can I contact if I need help testing?
    17. Does it cost anything to apply for the Logo?
    18. Are there testing events?
    19. Where can I get the list of IPv6 Ready Logo Approved Products?

  1. What is the IPv6 Ready Logo Program?

    The IPv6 Ready Logo program is an international testing program intended to increase user confidence by demonstrating that IPv6 is currently available for today's deployment and use.

    The key objective and benefit of the IPv6 Ready Logo program is three fold;

    • Verify protocol implementation and validate interoperability of IPv6 products.
    • Provide access to free self-testing tools.
    • Provide IPv6 Ready Logo testing laboratories across the globe dedicated to provide testing assistance or services.

  2. What is the IPv6 Forum's role?

    The IPv6 Forum plays a major role to bring together industrial actors, to develop and deploy the new generation of IP protocols, IPv6. The IPv6 Forum created the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee in 2002 to manage this globally unique logo program.

    There is no membership requirement for obtaining the IPv6 Ready Logo since the IPv6 Forum is an open, international Forum of IPv6 experts.

  3. Who's on the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee? What are their roles?

    The IPv6 Ready Logo Committee is structured as follows:

    • IPv6 Forum President, Latif Ladid and IPv6 Forum Chief Technology Officer, Jim Bound
    • IPv6 Ready Logo Committee Chairperson ,Hiroshi Esaki @ WIDE Project/v6PC
      • Market; Hiroshi Esaki @ WIDE Project/v6PC
      • Legal: Philippe Cousin @ ETSI
      • Operational: Cesar Viho @ IRISA
      • Technical: Hiroshi Miyata @ TAHI Project
      • Advisor: Yanick Pouffary @ IPv6 Forum Fellow
    • IPv6 Ready Logo Regional Officers:
      • Cesar Viho @ IRISA (Europe)
      • Erica Johnson @ UNH-IOL (North America)
      • Hiroshi Miyata @ TAHI Project (Asia)
    • IPv6 Ready Logo Administrative Group members - The IPv6 Ready Logo ID data base is administered by TAHI Project v6PC Certification WG and the IPv6 Ready Logo Web site is administered by the UNH InterOperability Laboratory.
    • IPv6 Ready Logo Technical Group members - representatives from equipment vendors, service providers, academic institutions, IPv6 organizations, members from the TAHI Project (Japan), the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Testing Lab (USA), IRISA/INRIA (France), ETSI IPv6 Plugtests (Europe), TTA ChungHwa Telecom Labs (Korea), BII Beijing Internet Institute BII (China), CHT-TL (Taiwan) and Japan Approvals Institute for Telecommunications Equipment JATE (Japan).

  4. Who are the IPv6 Ready Logo Approved Testing Laboratories?

    The IPv6 Ready Logo Committee welcomes the contribution of organizations to assist vendors with the IPv6 Ready Logo testing and application requirements. The process to become a member of the "IPv6 Ready Logo Program IPv6 Logo Committee" and/or an Approved Test Laboratories is currently under development.

    Please note that approval for IPv6 Ready Logo Committee membership and Approved Test Laboratories is done by the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee Chairperson, the IPv6 Forum President and IPv6 Forum Chief Technology Officer.

  5. Are there different Phases of the IPv6 Ready Logo Program?

    The IPv6 Ready Logo series of tests were progressively enriched, from a minimum coverage with Phase-1 to a more complete coverage with the Phase-2 and in the future with Phase-3.

    The Phase-1 Silver Logo (since September 1, 2003) Indicates that a product includes IPv6 mandatory core protocols and can interoperate with other IPv6 implementations. The Phase-1 core protocols include IPv6 Specification, Neighbor Discovery, Address Auto-configuration and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6). The Phase-1 test coverage includes approximately 170 tests. More information can be found at the Phase 1 About Page.

    The Phase-2 Gold Logo (since February 15, 2005) indicates that a product has successfully satisfied strong requirements as stated by the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee (v6LC). These tests cover the MUSTs and SHOULDs in the IETF RFC tested. The Phase-2 IPv6 core test coverage includes approximately 450 tests. More information can be found at the Phase 2 About Page

    The Phase-3 Logo (not started yet) will have the same requirements, as the Phase-2 Logo with the extended test category for IPsec being mandatory. The Phase-3 Logo is to be determined.

    NOTE: The IPv6 Forum strongly encourages vendors to obtain the IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2. The Phase-2 Logo verifies optimum compliance because of the complete series of tests including the "MUST" and the recommended "SHOULD" for the IETF specifications tested.


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  6. What are the current testing programs?

    The Phase-2 IPv6 Ready Logo testing programs are:

    • IPv6 Core Protocols testing
    • IPv6 extended test categories:
      • IPsec testing
      • IKEv2 testing
      • MIPv6 testing
      • NEMO testing
      • DHCPv6 testing
      • SIP testing
      • Management (SNMP-MIBs) testing

    Obtaining the Phase-2 IPv6 ready Core Logo is a prerequisite before obtaining extended test categories.

    The Phase-1 IPv6 Ready Logo testing programs are:

    • IPv6 Core Protocols testing

    At this moment the target devices defined for IPv6 Ready Logo program are as follow:

    • IPv6 Ready core protocols: HOST and ROUTER.
    • IPsec: End-Node and Security Gateway
    • IKEv2: End-Node and Security Gateway
    • MIPv6: Correspondent Node, Home Agent and Mobile Node
    • NEMO: Home Agent and Mobile Router
    • DHCPv6: Client, Server and Relay Agent
    • SIP: SIP Server and SIP UA
    • Management(SNMP-MIBs): Agent and Manager

    The terminology used above for target devices is from the IETF specifications.

    For Phase-1 only we added a special device target category. Devices in this category are only capable of being configured manually or DHCPv6 configured. These devices omit some auto-configuration functions, Prefix discovery and router discovery.

  7. What RFCs are covered?

    IPv6 Core Protocols

    • RFC 2460 (Phase-1, Phase-2)
    • RFC 4291 (Phase-1, Phase-2)
    • RFC 4861 (Phase-1, Phase-2)
    • RFC 4862 (Phase-1, Phase-2)
    • RFC 4443 (Phase-1, Phase-2)
    • RFC 1981 (Phase-2)

    IPsec

    • RFC 2404
    • RFC 2410
    • RFC 2451
    • RFC 3602
    • RFC 3566
    • RFC 3686
    • RFC 4301
    • RFC 4303
    • RFC 4305
    • RFC 4312

    IKEv2

    • RFC 4306
    • RFC 4307
    • RFC 4718

    MIPv6

    • RFC 3775
    • RFC 3776

    NEMO

    • RFC 3963
    • RFC 3775

    DHCPv6

    • RFC 3315
    • RFC 3646
    • RFC 3736

    SIP

    • RFC 3261
    • RFC 3264
    • RFC 4566
    • RFC 2617
    • RFC 3665

    Management(SNMP-MIBs)

    • RFC 3416
    • RFC 3418
    • RFC 2578
    • RFC 2579
    • RFC 2580

  8. Who writes the test specifications?

    The IPv6 Ready Logo test specifications are developed by the following organizations:

  9. How often do these test documents change?

    Updates to the IPv6 Ready Logo program test specifications and test tools are done according to the IPv6 Ready Logo Program "IPv6 Ready Logo Committee Test Suite Maintenance Procedure Document Latest". The document introduces the concept of "Major version", "Major revision" and "Minor revision". "Major version" updates occurs when an RFC has been revised or when additional tests coverage are introduced that changes the compatibility with the previous version, and "minor revision" updates can be assimilated to normal maintenance of the document (bug fixes for example). If there are no urgent releases required, updates to the document occur in May and November of each year (every 6 months).

    Once a new Major Version test specification is released, the applicant has a grace period of 6 months to continue using the former test specification. This is to ensure proper notice for implementers to abide by the new test specification. Likewise, applicants have a grace period of 4 weeks after the release of a Major Revision or Minor Revision to continue to use the former test specifications.

    Please refer to the IPv6 Maintenance Agreement Document

  10. What is the process to obtain the IPv6 Ready Logo?

    The process for obtaining the IPv6 Ready Logo (Phase-1 or Phase-2) is basically the same. The tested product needs to pass 100% each of the appropriate conformance and interoperability test assertions.

  11. What is the format of IPv6 Ready Logo ID?

    The Phase-1 Logo ID format is as follow:

    {Phase(2digits)}-{serial_number(6digits)}

    Phase: "01"
    serial_number: World wide unique serial number (6 digits)
    Example: Phase-1 Logo ID: "01-000123"

    The Phase-2 Logo ID format is as follow:

    {Phase(2digits)}-{[additional_info]}-{serial_number(6digits)}

    Phase: "02"
    additional_info: Variable length.
    Each character indicates an extended test category.
    Each character can be combined.
    C: for IPv6 Core Protocol
    S: for IPsec
    M: for MIPv6
    N: for NENO
    D: for DHCPv6
    P: for SIP
    serial_number : World wide unique serial number (6 digits)

    Examples:
    Phase-2 Logo ID for core 02-C-000123.
    Phase-2 Logo ID for core, IPsec MIPv6 02-CSM-000123"

  12. Do I have to re-test my product after a software/hardware version update?

    • Yes, If a new product version changes the networking IPv6 stack, the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee requires that the applicant reruns and resubmits both conformance and interoperability tests logs if the new product is to continue to use the already assigned IPv6 Ready Logo ID.
    • No, If the new product version does not change the network stack, vendor can update the registered version by submitting an application.

    Important: The IPv6 Ready Logo Committee reserves the right to request for more information from vendors as required. If needed the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee can ask the vendors to re-run the test and submit the test logs.

  13. Can I get the Logo for a series of products?

    • Yes, if a series of products uses identical networking stack, that product series will be accepted with one application, on condition that the network stack is identical across the product family and that it is clearly stated in the application form.

    Important: The IPv6 Ready Logo Committee reserves the right to request for more information from vendors as required. If needed the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee can ask the vendors to re-run the test and submit the test logs.

  14. Do I need to re-test when my product uses an all ready approved OEM product?

    • OEM Licensor can extend its IPv6 Ready Logo ID to OEM Licensee. OEM Licensee can register its product with IPv6 Ready Logo Committee without testing as long as there is a one to one IPv6 stack transfer is certified by OEM Licensor. At this time, Applicant must specify the original product name and Logo ID on the bottom of the application form.
      • The associated OEM Logo ID is always stated on the Logo website as part of their approval. This means that the applicant would have their own accepted Logo ID public on the website.
    • If the OEM licensee does not wish to make this agreement known and wish to obtain its own IPv6 Ready Logo ID, they must run and submit both conformance and interoperability tests logs as for any proucts.

  15. Where can I find the test specifications/tools?

    All of the Phase-2 test specifications and self-test tools can be found on the the Phase 2 Technical Information Page.
    All of the Phase-1 test specifications and self-test tools can be found on the Phase 1 Technical Information Page.

  16. Who can I contact if I need help testing?

    Please refer to the contact page.

  17. Does it cost anything to apply for the Logo?

    No. There is no fee associated with acquiring the IPv6 Ready Logo.
    If you choose to use the testing service of an IPv6 Ready Logo approved laboratory there may be fees associated with that service.

  18. Are there testing events?

    The industry organized the following Interoperability testing events where IPv6 Interoperability can be validated:

  19. Where can I get the list of IPv6 Ready Logo Approved Products?

    The lists of products approved for the IPv6 Ready Logo are published on the IPv6 Ready Logo Web page.

    • Phase 1 Logo Phase 1 Approved List
      • On August 1 2006: 246 products with IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-1.
      • On Aug 2008, 363 products with IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-1.
    • Phase 2 Logo Phase 2 Approved List
      • On August 1 2006: 46 products with the IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2.
      • On Aug 2008 181 products with the IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2.
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