HP-UX IPSec and HP-UX Mobile IPv6

Introduction

Introduction

Mobile IPv6 provides transparent routing of IP data-packets to a mobile IP device or node, such as a portable computer, regardless of the mobile node’s point of attachment to the network.

HP provides Mobile IPv6 functionality with the HP-UX Mobile IPv6 product. For more information about HP-UX Mobile IPv6, refer to the HP-UX Mobile IPv6 product documentation available at the following URL:

http://www.docs.hp.com/netcom/index.html/HP-UX%20Mobile%20IPv6.

Mobile Node and Home Address

With Mobile IPv6, a client IP node, or Mobile Node (MN), can change network attachment points and use a single, fixed IPv6 address for extended periods of time, regardless of its current attachment point to the network. This address is known as the Mobile Node’s home address. The Mobile Node’s home address is assigned from its home network, the network that administers the Mobile Node. The Mobile Node’s home network is also typically the network to which the Mobile Node is attached when it is not mobile.

Care-of Address

When a Mobile Node is attached to a foreign network—a network other than its home network—it gets a temporary Care-of Address (COA) on the foreign network. The Care-of Address is an IPv6 unicast global address with the network prefix of the foreign network.

Correspondent Nodes

In Mobile IPv6 architecture, a node that communicates or corresponds with the Mobile Node is referred to as a Correspondent Node (CN).

Home Agent

The Mobile Node registers its Care-of Address with a router on the Mobile Node’s home network, known as the Home Agent (HA). The Home Agent maintains a record of the association, or binding of the

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