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Date: 2007oct16
Keywords: turn off, IPv6, Fedora

Q. How can I disable IPv6 on Linux?

A. Add this to your /etc/modprobe.conf file

	# Turns off IPv6
	alias net-pf-10 off
	alias ipv6 off

If you have RedHat or Fedora you way also want to remove the IPv6 firewall:

	rpm --erase --nodeps iptables-ipv6

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