Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:12:29 -0800 From: "Ryan J. Cavicchioni" <ryan@confabulator.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: turning off IPv6 support in BSD Message-ID: <41A0CC7D.4010204@confabulator.net> In-Reply-To: <20041121150546.GA88028@ozzmosis.com> References: <20041120165059.DF29543D64@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20041120165923.GA73153@ozzmosis.com> <e4b0ecef04112102273f091eec@mail.gmail.com> <9395922d041121030126fc204e@mail.gmail.com> <20041121145839.GA22939@gargantuan.com> <20041121150546.GA88028@ozzmosis.com>
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Isn't it supposed to be ipv6_enable="NONE" I could be wrong. andrew clarke wrote: >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 >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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