turning off IPv6

[Christofer C. Bell]

On 7/4/06, Noah Dain <noahdain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yeah, i never did fathom why it seems like every linux distro feels
> the need to have ipv6 enabled out of the box.  It's always the first
> thing I throw out for a custom kernel.

Because people do use it and distributors want *every* user of their
product to be able to use it (their distribution) out of the box.

> I can think of many reasons NOT to have it enabled, and no good
> reasons for it to be enabled by default.

Other than people who are using it and the fact that simply having it
enabled presents no security concern whatsoever.

> Just seems like they want everyone to play "security guineapig" for a
> newfangled protocol.

No.

-- 
Chris

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