How to block/control ICMPv6 messages with ip6tables

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Issue

  • Need to block certain types of ICMPv6 messages
  • How do we use the firewall (ip6tables) to control ICMP with IPv6?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • IPv6
  • ICMPv6
  • ip6tables

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