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Disable IPv6 on Debian VPS

Category: Security

Turn off IPv6—a network protocol—on a Debian VPS—edit /etc/sysctl conf:
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
apply:
sysctl -p
On Hetzner test with
ip -6 addr
—expect no output Secures hosting—simplifies network

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