Re: Disabling ipv6

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Hi,

>> Have you checked https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=982740?
> yes i have "NETWORKING_IPV6=no" since virtually forever
> in "/etc/sysconfig/network" as well as "IPV6INIT=false"
> in the interface configurations
>
> this was most time ignored
I wasn't aware this bug was so serious. Please add your findings to the
bug, so Fedora developers can test all scenarios when releasing a fix.


> since this also does not work in recent environments my simple
> question by starting the thread was "which magic is now the best"
> and i was *not* interested in evangelists explaining how
> superiour ipv6 is as answer because it is *off-topic* for networks
> behind gateways which are not ipv6 capable and opens only *security
> problems* in LAN environments
>
> you need not a security hole in the protocl - the simple presence of
> it is one in environments where it is not needed is a security
> problem and violates best practices "disable anything which is
> not actively used" - period
That's the reason I proposed IPv6 disabled by default.

Sorry for mixing it up with your question.


[]s, Fernando Lozano

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