While the discussion of IPv6 is in play..... Just wanted to put this out there to start a discussion. see what others are doing ,and get some feedback:
When we initially configured our "Gold build" for Windows Server 2008, the decision was made to disable the following on all network adapters: Disable IPv6 Disable Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver Disable Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder Justifications for this were: Fewer protocols on the network reduce network traffic Conservation of system resources (CPU, memory) Smaller footprint, smaller code base, etc.... Newer code, more likely to be exploited in the near future No current plans to use IPv6 internally in the near future No Exchange in our environment (Notes shop) No MS Outlook in our environment (Notes shop) So far we have had no issues at all with this decision. As we go further along in our migration to the a new 2008 R2 domain which is Windows Sever 2008 R2 FFL, I wanted to make sure that this is still valid, and that we won't run into any issues. I've been looking at the following articles: http://blogs.technet.com/b/netro/archive/2010/11/24/arguments-against-disabling-ipv6.aspx http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com.au/tips/21232-Disabling-IPv6-in-Windows-Vista-Pros-and-cons http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457011.aspx All comments and opinions welcome. Thanks, Chris Bodnar, MCSE Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
