Eliminating IPv6 (?)

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Hi!

> Am 18.06.2019 um 09:44 schrieb Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com>:
> As I have already learned, the /etc/rc.firewall script also assumes both the
> presence of, and the desirability of IPv6 support.  And unless one edits that
> file manually... which I have been effectively forced to do... there is no way
> to get it to simply NOT create and install multiple IPv6-related ipfw rules,
> EVEN THOUGH in my particular situation... which is still the most common case...
> those extra and entirely superfluous IPv6 ipfw filtering rules are serving
> no earthly purpose whatsoever and are only cluttering up my ipfw rule set,
> thus pointlessly making it harder for me to grok and maintain them all.

Instead of messing with the system provided file you could
create a new one with only your own desired rules and then set
this rc.conf variable:

	firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall" # Which script to run to set up the firewall

As for the rest of your request, yes, I find it unreasonably in 2019 but
let’s not get into a fight about that. IPv6 is here to stay. If you boot any
Mac or Windows 10 desktop, IPv6 will be active and even necessary for
service autodiscovery and similar things to work.

Kind regards
Patrick
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