IPv6: should be enabled or disable?

Avi Greenbury lists at avi.co
Fri Dec 9 14:52:52 UTC 2011


LinuxIsOne wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I heard that IPv6 should be disabled. Is it a myth or a fact? And I
> guess by default it is enabled in Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS. So how should I
> disable it, if it is to be disabled?
> 

There's generally no compelling reason to either enable it or disable
it. You only need it enabled if you're using an IPv6 network, and the
only reason to disable it would be because of bugs it triggers.

-- 
Avi




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