On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 7:27:43 PM UTC-4, raah...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:38:59 PM UTC-4, Unman wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:41:12PM -0700, raahe...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 9:46:13 AM UTC-4, nishi...@gmail.com 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > I am surprised that there is no way to disable ipv6 on Debian template.
> > > > 
> > > > I reinstalled first the template using documentation 
> > > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/reinstall-template/
> > > > 
> > > > Then I added "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1" in /etc/sysctl.conf, 
> > > > I did reboot the Template but it didn't change the outcome, I still had 
> > > > ipv6 ports opened using "netstat -antp"
> > > > 
> > > > I even added "sudo ip6tables -P INPUT DROP" in "/rw/config/rc.local", 
> > > > but I still got those distant servers listening when I check using 
> > > > commands like "sudo lsof -i6" or "netstat -antp" on my Debian Template.
> > > > 
> > > > What is rpcbind, avahi-dae and why you got this ipv6 bound to systemd 
> > > > on PID 1 ? Looks suspicious, I thought Ipv6 was disabled by default on 
> > > > Qubes.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards
> > > 
> > > You have to change kernel parameters a diff way I believe.   try this 
> > > method from whonix instructions.  
> > > https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/Install
> > > 
> > > to list the parameters use qvm-prefs -l debian-8 kernelopts
> > > 
> > > To change them do qvm-prefs -s debian-8 kernelopts "nopat ipv6.disable=1"
> > > 
> > > Then restart template and vms.
> > > 
> > 
> > As I pointed out, changing parameters in the template will not affect the
> > VMs.
> > You need to change the option individually for each qube where you want
> > to disable IP6.
> > 
> > unman
> 
> I pointed out how to change the parameters.  You do the command from dom0 for 
> the template you want ipv6 disabled.   Basically The same method whonix 
> instructs on how to install apparmor on debian template.  This is how I 
> disable ipv6.

you can verify this from a terminal in one of the proxies or vms based on that 
template with lsof or netstat and see no more ipv6 connections.

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