Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:05:46 +1100 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: David Jenkins <david.jenkins@gmail.com>, Panagiotis Christias <christias@gmail.com>, Danny Browne <danny_browne@eircom.net>, andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: turning off IPv6 support in BSD Message-ID: <20041121150546.GA88028@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <20041121145839.GA22939@gargantuan.com> References: <20041120165059.DF29543D64@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20041120165923.GA73153@ozzmosis.com> <e4b0ecef04112102273f091eec@mail.gmail.com> <9395922d041121030126fc204e@mail.gmail.com> <20041121145839.GA22939@gargantuan.com>
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On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 09:58:39AM -0500, Michael W. Oliver wrote: > To get rid of IPv6 completely (why would you want this? :) ), you should > definitely rebuild your kernel without INET6. I suppose it would be a good idea to remove IPv6 support from hosts on IPv4-only intranets because it's then one less thing to worry about from a security point of view. Plus, of course, marginally less overhead in the kernel. Regards Andrew
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