On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:08:14 +0200 Michael Fladerer <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue Aug 07, 2012 at 17:09:50 +0100, Laurie Mercer wrote: >> I would like to disable IPv6, and some transport layer protocols, RDS, TIPC >> etc >> >> However I am unsure of the best practise in doing this. >> >> So far I am disabling IPv6 using the sysctl command: >> >> sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 >> sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 >> >> Then, making sure it is disabled in perpetuity by editing /etc/sysctl.conf >> to include the following lines: >> >> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 >> net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 > >I'd say that's the way to go, at least for in-kernel drivers/interfaces. >AFAIK blacklisting isn't possible here. You could also pass ipv6.disable=1 on kernel command line during boot to disable IPv6 support completely (there was some bug where disabling above sysctl parameters did not actually disable IPv6 support for given interface - not sure if it's still current). Regards, -- Andrej Kacian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120807205849.0d357ed1@penny
