How to stop the BIND/NAMED service from listening and resolving IPv6 addresses

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Issue

  • How to stop the BIND/NAMED service from listening and resolving IPv6 addresses

  • The Bind/Named service is Listening on IPv6 address and logs the following message.

    connection refused resolving 'ns1.domain.tld/AAAA/IN': XX.XX.XX.XX#53

  • How can Bind service be configured to listen only on IPv4 address?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Bind

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