Why does the Kernel load the ipv6 module even after configuring the system to prevent this in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Problem

Even after following the instructions provided in the article How do I disable the IPv6 protocol in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?, the ipv6 kernel module is still being loaded:

# lsmod |grep ipv6
ipv6                  230132  22 

Res...

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