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Add FAQ 96 re: DISABLE_IPV6

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Signed-off-by: Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net>
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url="manpages6/shorewall6-interfaces.html">shorewall6-interfaces</ulink>
(5).</para>
</section>
<section>
<title id="faq96">(FAQ 96) I am starting to use ipv6, but on my ipv4 FW,
when restarting Shorewall . it puts in ip6tables rules. How do i
dissable that ?</title>
<para>Answer: This is a two-step process.</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Set DISABLE_IPV6=No in <ulink
url="manpages/shorewall.conf.html">shorewall.conf</ulink> (5) and
restart Shorewall.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Execute these commands at a root shell prompt:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>ip6tables -P INPUT ACCEPT</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>ip6tables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>ip6tables -P FORWARD ACCEPT</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>You will probably want to soon install <ulink
url="IPv6Support.html">Shorewall6</ulink> so that you have an IPv6
firewall as well as one for IPv4.</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="Misc">