Someone asked me today about some information and links about the Windows 7 networking stack especially regarding IPv6. I’m going to cache my response here for future reference and updating:
Generally speaking Windows 7 shares the same networking stack architecture as vista plus the following stuff:
- DirectAccess
- IPv6 transition technology improvements
- IPTLS transport
- BranchCache
- Network Tracing and Diagnostics
- Better Firewall Multihoming behavior
Random Stuff to go read:
- The IPv6 blog: http://blogs.technet.com/ipv6/
- Joseph Davies Articles on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc299430.aspx especially http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.07.cableguy.aspx
- Winhec 2008 content pointed to at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/default.mspx
- Networking Tracing information http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd569136(VS.85).aspx
- Vista Stack: http://www.amazon.com/Windows%C2%AE-Internals-Including-Windows-PRO-Developer/dp/0735625301/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1#noop Networking Chapters
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