converting home network to IPv6; ppp, IPv6, dsnmasq and iptables

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

I have an ADSL connection for my home network. The ADSL modem is
connected to an old box running Debian Testing which acts as a router
and firewall.

My ISP has given me an IPv6 address to try out. I have the username and
password. Basically, I now need to convert my ppp connection to deal
with IPv6 addresses and perhaps make changes to my iptables firewall and
dnsmasq. The latter (dnsmasq) can wait, however.

I have been reading stuff online on how to go about doing this. Various
testing confirms that Debian is ready for IPv6. For the ppp connection,
I need to make a few changes in ppp config and install a DHCP client,
wide-dhcpv6-client, and I should be more or less good to go. Got the
details from this document:
www.magyartelekom.com/static/sw/download/IPv6_user_guide4_eng.pdf [PDF]

Before I go about trying this, I just wanted to know somebody here has
accomplished this yet successfully and if there are any pitfalls to look
out for. I also want to make sure that my iptables firewall continues to
work, perhaps with some changes if necessary.

Any other precautions and advice in this endeavor are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.




-- 

Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding
newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just
filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without
ever having been read.