Disabling ipv6

[Richard Vickery]

On Jul 9, 2013 1:59 PM, "Eddie G. O&apos;Connor Jr." <eoconnor25 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On 07/09/2013 02:27 PM, Fernando Lozano wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> On Tue, 2013-07-09 at 10:58 +0200, J.Witvliet at mindef.nl wrote:
> >>> Once in a while I see people suggesting the disabling of IPv6 to cope
> >>> with some issue.
> >>>
> >>> My I _kindly_ ask not to do that anymore?
> >>> Even though such trick might take away the symptoms for you and me, it
> >>> is a technical overkill and only tackles the symptoms.
> >> In my case, I have a completely IPv4 network, and a complete
> >> impossibility to do IPv6 over the internet (I'd need an IP6 to 4 proxy
> >> *OUTSIDE* of my ISP).  So...
> >>
> >>
> > Somtimes we techinicians give advice based on an ideal world. :-) But on
> > the real world disabling IPv6 everywhere is the *right* thing to do for
> > many companies. if you don't have the need, don't have the knowledge and
> > your hardware/software doesn't support it well, IPv6 is not only
> > overhead with no added value but also may present a significant security
> > risk. Just like you should disable any system service (specially network
> > services) that you don't need to reduce a hacker attack surface on your
> > network and servers.
> >
> >
> > []s, Fernando Lozano
> >
> Good advice Fernando! even though I don't have IPV6 running anywhere on
> my home network, my SISTER does, and I'm sure there are times when
> she'll be tempted to do just as you said to alleviate some problem or
> other...
>
>
> EGO II
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Is it possible to give the end-user the option whether to go IVP4 or IPV6?
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