Disable IPv6 by default.

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Thu Sep 13 22:41:54 UTC 2007


On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 12:38:04AM +0200, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 22:12 +0200, Till Maas wrote:
> > It circumenvents iptables rules. 
> 
> IPv6 doesn't 'circumvent' iptables rules any more than IPv4
> 'circumvents' ip6tables rules.
> 
> Besides, http://www.advogato.org/person/dwmw2/diary/164.html

+1.  Firewalls just break connectivity and are a handicap that enables 
people to be lazy about system security.  And don't get me started on 
NAT :-)




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