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Date:      Wed, 19 Jun 2019 22:58:04 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Subject:   Re: Eliminating IPv6 (?)
Message-ID:  <23818.63036.888460.410557@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <201906192322.x5JNMxpK020489@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <23818.36263.312034.714296@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <201906192322.x5JNMxpK020489@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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Rodney W. Grimes writes:

>  > 	Wider question:
>  > 	Say I'm running a system with both IPv4 and IPv6 enabled.
>  > 	Stuff Happens(tm) and I want to completely disable IPv6 for some
>  > indefinite but temporary period - not chamge any configuration
>  > settings or firewall rules, but just have the code finish processing
>  > current packets (or not) and then ignore further traffic.  There will
>  > be consequences; I'm prepared to accept them.
>  > 	Is there a single master switch - a sysctl, perhaps, or something
>  > in /etc/rc.d - that lets me do that?
>  
>  You do raise a very valid point.
>  
>  ipfw add 1 deny ipv6 from any to any
>  
>  That is about the only "master" switch I can think of that would
>  be very effective.

	Ywah ... but that violates the initial constraint.


			Respectfully,


				Robert Huff




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