macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install ipv6toolkit with Homebrew, apt, dnf, zypper
Security assessment and troubleshooting tool for IPv6. Version 2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ipv6toolkit.
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install ipv6toolkitDebian stable package indexes · ipv6toolkit · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install ipv6toolkitFedora Rawhide package metadata · ipv6toolkit · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install ipv6toolkitopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ipv6toolkit · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Security assessment and troubleshooting tool for IPv6
Project links
Commands and aliases
- addr6
- blackhole6
- flow6
- frag6
- icmp6
- jumbo6
- messi
- mldq6
- na6
- ni6
- ns6
- path6
- ra6
- rd6
- rs6
- scan6
- script6
- tcp6
- udp6
history
Project history and usage
ipv6toolkit is Fernando Gont and SI6 Networks' command-line toolkit for IPv6 security assessment and troubleshooting. It bundles packet-crafting, scanning, Neighbor Discovery, Router Advertisement, fragmentation, flow-label, and path-analysis tools aimed at protocol testing rather than general network monitoring.
Project history
The manual page describes the SI6 Networks IPv6 Toolkit as a security assessment and troubleshooting toolkit for IPv6 networks and implementations. It lists tools including addr6, frag6, icmp6, na6, ns6, ra6, scan6, tcp6, udp6, and others.
The CHANGES.TXT file shows a steady evolution from the 1.4 line into 2.x, including a shared libipv6 library, improved next-hop and source-address selection, support for several BSD and macOS variants, port scanning in scan6, path6 for IPv6 traceroute-style work, script6 helpers, blackhole6, udp6, and Solaris support.
The README records that the toolkit builds with make, depends on libpcap, installs tools, configuration data, databases, and manual pages, and has been tested across Linux, BSD, macOS, and OpenSolaris systems.
Adoption history
ipv6toolkit is adopted most visibly by security practitioners, protocol implementers, trainers, and operators who need reproducible IPv6 packets and edge cases. Its packaging in Homebrew and Linux distributions makes that research toolkit available without cloning the source tree.
Because many of its tools intentionally exercise attack vectors, malformed traffic, or protocol corner cases, the package lives more in assessment labs, conference demos, and troubleshooting sessions than in always-on production daemons.
How it is used
Users employ ipv6toolkit to generate arbitrary IPv6, ICMPv6, TCP/IPv6, and UDP/IPv6 packets; test fragmentation and jumbogram behavior; assess Neighbor Discovery and Router Advertisement handling; perform IPv6 address scans; and locate blackholes related to extension headers.
The package's libpcap dependency and manual-page set are important operational details: the tools need packet-capture privileges and are meant to be run deliberately on test hosts or authorized assessment networks.
Why package nerds care
ipv6toolkit is package-nerd significant because it packages a research-grade protocol workbench as many small executables rather than one monolithic scanner. The executable list itself is a tour of IPv6's security-sensitive mechanisms.
Its changelog also shows the maintenance burden of portable low-level networking code: routing sockets, Netlink, libpcap timing differences, loopback behavior, endian definitions, and platform-specific builds all matter.
Timeline
- 2011: Manual-page copyright period begins for the SI6 Networks toolkit documentation.
- 2015: Manual page records v2.0-era tool coverage and copyright through 2015.
- v1.4: libipv6 is introduced to avoid per-tool code replication.
- v1.5: Next-hop determination and source-address selection are improved.
- v2.0: path6, script6, blackhole6, udp6, Solaris support, and port-scanning improvements arrive.
- v2.2: The changelog records consistency fixes and path6/blackhole6 maintenance.
Related projects
- ipv6toolkit relates to SI6 Networks research, libpcap, IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, ICMPv6, Router Advertisement tooling, Netlink, BSD routing sockets, and other network assessment tools such as nmap and traceroute-style utilities.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ipv6toolkit
- https://github.com/fgont/ipv6toolkit
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fgont/ipv6toolkit/master/CHANGES.TXT
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fgont/ipv6toolkit/master/README.TXT
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fgont/ipv6toolkit/master/manuals/ipv6toolkit.7
- https://www.si6networks.com/research/tools/ipv6toolkit/
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
addr6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
blackhole6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
flow6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
frag6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
icmp6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
jumbo6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
messi | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mldq6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
na6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
ni6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
ns6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
path6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
ra6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
rd6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
rs6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
scan6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
script6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
tcp6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
udp6 | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.2
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ipv6toolkit |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.si6networks.com/research/tools/ipv6toolkit/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/fgont/ipv6toolkit |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
ipv6toolkit 2.0+ds.1-2+b2
Security assessment and troubleshooting tool for the IPv6 protocols
http://www.si6networks.com/tools/ipv6toolkit/
sudo apt install ipv6toolkit- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ipv6toolkit
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ipv6toolkit
Ubuntu apt95%
ipv6toolkit 2.0+ds.1-2build2
Security assessment and troubleshooting tool for the IPv6 protocols
http://www.si6networks.com/tools/ipv6toolkit/
sudo apt install ipv6toolkit- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ipv6toolkit
dnf95%
ipv6toolkit 2.2-5.fc45
Security assessment and troubleshooting tools for IPv6 protocols
https://www.si6networks.com/research/tools/ipv6toolkit/
sudo dnf install ipv6toolkit- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later AND MPL-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ipv6toolkit
- 7 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ipv6toolkit
zypper95%
ipv6toolkit 2.2-1.4
Security assessment and troubleshooting tool for the IPv6 protocols
https://www.si6networks.com/tools/ipv6toolkit/
sudo zypper install ipv6toolkit- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Networking/System
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ipv6toolkit
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Ipv6toolkit
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation