turning off IPv6

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 23:08 -0400, Noah Dain 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.

If no-one makes it easy to run ipv6, then no-one will and we will sit
with the problems of limited ipv4 address space till the end of time

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

What about the ipv4 address space will run out VerySoonNow(tm)?

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

Perhaps. But, ipv6 is anything but a "newfangled protocol". It's been
around for ages, but ISPs and users are reluctant to deploy it, mostly
due to the cost of upgrading routers IIRC

alan