RHEL / Centos Linux Disable Firewall

How do I disable firewall under CentOS Linux version 6.x running on my HP micro server?

Tutorial details
Difficulty	Easy (rss)
Root privileges	Yes
Requirements	iptables

You need to disable the following services to disable firewall under Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS Linux version 4 / 5 / 6.

[a] iptables - IPv4 iptables firewall service.

[b] ip6tables - IPv6 iptables firewall service.

Task: Disable firewall

Type the following command as the root user to disable firewall for IPv4:
# service iptables save # service iptables stop # chkconfig iptables off
Sample outputs:

iptables: Flushing firewall rules:                         [  OK  ]
iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter          [  OK  ]
iptables: Unloading modules:                               [  OK  ]

Sample output with verification (see below):

Red Enterprise Linux Disable Iptables IPv4 Firewall

Type the following command as the root user to disable firewall for IPv6 :

# service ip6tables save
 # service ip6tables stop
 # chkconfig ip6tables off

Task: Enable firewall

Type the following command as the root user to enable firewall for IPv4:
# service iptables start # chkconfig iptables on
Sample outputs:

iptables: Applying firewall rules:                         [  OK  ]

Type the following command as the root user to disable firewall for IPv6 :
# service ip6tables start # chkconfig ip6tables on

Task: Verify that firewall is disabled

Type the following command as root user to see IPv4 firewall rules:
# /sbin/iptables -L -v -n
OR
# service iptables status
The following output indicates that firewall is not active:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination

Type the following command as root user to see IPv6 firewall rules:
# /sbin/ip6tables -L -v -n
OR
# service ip6tables status