Disable IPv6 by default.
John Reiser
jreiser at BitWagon.com
Thu Sep 13 14:40:18 UTC 2007
> I use ipv6 daily. why should i go through extra steps when having both
> enabled does not hurt people with ipv4 only connections?
Perhaps you've heard of the recommended policy "turn off all unused services"?
Enabling IPv6 wastes RAM (several dozen pages) and is a security risk
when the only connections used are IPv4.
Just publicize the easy OFF switch:
----- /etc/modprobe.conf
alias net-pf-10 off
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