IPv6 support for I2P

Currently I2P only supports IPv4 TCP and UDP. Adding IPv6 support would involve adding a new field in the NTCP/SSU routerInfo entries and possibly adding some restricted route functionality to support communication of IPv4-only peers with IPv6-only peers.

Status

open - some initial work has been done

Difficulty

easy-medium

Required skills

• Java
• basic networking knowledge

Monotone branch

• [branch:i2p.i2p.ipv6 i2p.i2p.ipv6]

Notes

• Tunnelbrokers: ​sixxs, ​HE, ​other
• ​java+IPv6
• ​NTCP, ​SSU, ​I2NP

Possible mentors

• welterde
• zzz