There are several reasons to disable IPv6 even though there is a constant stream of articles warning you to come up with a plan to migrate to IPv6. Here are just a couple of reasons why you might want to disable IPv6. IPv6 enabled devices put unnecessary traffic on your network if your not utilizing it. If you don't have IPv6 enabled tools, running it could pose a security threat to your network since you'll have no visibility into what the traffic is doing.
To disable IPv6 on Red Hat 4 and 5 servers click here.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Disable IPv6 in Red Hat
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3 comments:
for Red Hat 6 (and CentOS 6) users:
According to following article it’s better to disable kernel ipv6 functionality as opose to removing the module:
http://www.proxar.co.uk/technical-forum/
Kind Regards,
Paul Preston
I think you left off some of the URL.
http://www.proxar.co.uk/technical-support/technical-forum/how-to-disable-ipv6-on-red-hat-6
Here is a link to RedHat support KB article for RHEL 4,5, and 6.
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-8711
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