Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:54:53 +0200 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Eliminating IPv6 (?) Message-ID: <9AF5DF39-9B81-4270-B25C-D089C971E924@punkt.de> In-Reply-To: <18748.1560843874@segfault.tristatelogic.com> References: <18748.1560843874@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
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Hi! > Am 18.06.2019 um 09:44 schrieb Ronald F. Guilmette = <rfg@tristatelogic.com>: > As I have already learned, the /etc/rc.firewall script also assumes = both the > presence of, and the desirability of IPv6 support. And unless one = edits that > file manually... which I have been effectively forced to do... there = is no way > to get it to simply NOT create and install multiple IPv6-related ipfw = rules, > EVEN THOUGH in my particular situation... which is still the most = common case... > those extra and entirely superfluous IPv6 ipfw filtering rules are = serving > no earthly purpose whatsoever and are only cluttering up my ipfw rule = set, > thus pointlessly making it harder for me to grok and maintain them = all. Instead of messing with the system provided file you could create a new one with only your own desired rules and then set this rc.conf variable: firewall_script=3D"/etc/rc.firewall" # Which script to run to = set up the firewall As for the rest of your request, yes, I find it unreasonably in 2019 but let=E2=80=99s not get into a fight about that. IPv6 is here to stay. If = you boot any Mac or Windows 10 desktop, IPv6 will be active and even necessary for service autodiscovery and similar things to work. Kind regards Patrick --=20 punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Kaiserallee 13a Tel.: 0721 9109-0 Fax: -100 76133 Karlsruhe info@punkt.de http://punkt.de AG Mannheim 108285 Gf: Juergen Egeling
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