turning off IPv6

[Alexander Skwar]

John DeCarlo wrote:

> I agree that one should look at everything running on your system and 
> turn off that which you don't need right now.  Then turn it on when you 
> do need it.

Yes.

> That is the best overall way to run things.  But it requires more work 
> than most people are willing to do.

Well... You can't have security for nothing. It'll always cost
something.

> Ideally, IPv4 should be disabled out of the box.  It shouldn't be needed 
> anywhere, and it causes lots of problems today.

Ah, it does? How many people *USE* IPv4? How many are already on
IPv6? Why should the majority suffer, so that a minority has it
better? I'd even say, that IPv6 users will be, in general, more
"advanced" then "Joe Schmoo", who doesn't even know what he's
using and thus will likely be using IPv4. What I mean to say - IPv6
users will much more likely know *that* they are using IPv6 and
can easily enable IPv6. For the majority, IPv6 is just a waste.

While I agree, that it might be nicer if everyone were already
using IPv6, it's just a (sad) fact, that we're not yet there.

Alexander Skwar
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