turning off IPv6

[Tony Arnold]

On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 12:53 -0400, John DeCarlo wrote:

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

I presume you mean IPv6! If so, what problems? I have three Dapper boxes
and I've not experienced any problems with IPv6.

The OP suggested there were security issues and pointed me at various
places. None of the references I followed suggested v6 was any worse or
better security wise than v4. I'm also not aware of any exploits out
there in the wild. I am aware that most firewalls and IPS boxes tend to
just let all v6 traffic through, so there is no protection if an exploit
does emerge.

So I'm really puzzled by many of the statements made in this thread and
would welcome more references or other information.

Regards,
Tony.
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