Re: Disable IPv4

[Charlie Brady <charlieb-linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Rose Price wrote:

> Disable the IPv4 protocol, so that is a user or even root could not use the 
> protocol, for example there is a switch to disable IPv6, disable_ipv6.

Root can send ethernet frames, which might happen to contain IPv4 network 
traffic.

What problem are you trying to solve?

> On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Rose Price wrote:
> 
> > By any chance are there any plans to have this option in future kernel 
> >versions?
> 
> Why? Configure no IPv4 interfaces.
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Rose Price <pricerose48@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 4:49:05 PM
> > Subject: Re: Disable IPv4
> > 
> > On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:37:04 -0700 (PDT)
> > Rose Price <pricerose48@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Is there  a configuration option to disable ipv4 in the linux kernel 2.6.XX?  
> >
> > 
> > You can disable all networking, but you can't have IPv6 without IPv4.
> > 
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