CentOS / RHEL IPv6 ip6tables Firewall Configuration

I know how to configure iptables (IPv4) host-based firewall using Netfilter. How do I configure ip6tables for basic filtering IPv6 packets?

Ip6tables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IPv6 packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. The following configuration is tested on:

1. CentOS Linux 5.x
2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
3. Fedora Linux 10 and 11.

Type the following command to see current ipv6 firewall configuration:
# ip6tables -nL --line-numbers

If no rules appear, activate IPv6 firewall and ensure that it starts at boot by typing the following command:
# chkconfig ip6tables on

/etc/sysconfig/ip6tables

Edit /etc/sysconfig/ip6tables, enter:
# vi /etc/sysconfig/ip6tables
You will see default rules as follows:
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0]
-A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
-A FORWARD -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmpv6 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 50 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 51 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp --dport 5353 -d ff02::fb -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 32768:61000 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 32768:61000 ! --syn -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp6-adm-prohibited
COMMIT
To open port 80 (Http server) add the following before COMMIT line:
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
To open port 53 (DNS Server) add the following before COMMIT line:
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m udp -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
To open port 443 (Https server) add the following before COMMIT line:
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
To open port 25 (smtp server) add the following before COMMIT line:
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT
To log before dropping all packets that are not explicitly accepted by previous rules, change the final lines from:
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp6-adm-prohibited
COMMIT
To:
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j LOG
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j DROP
COMMIT
Save and close the file. Restart ip6tables firewall:
# service ip6tables restart
# ip6tables -vnL --line-numbers
Sample Outputs:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
num   pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
1    42237 3243K RH-Firewall-1-INPUT  all      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
num   pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
1        0     0 RH-Firewall-1-INPUT  all      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 12557 packets, 2042K bytes)
num   pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references)
num   pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
1        6   656 ACCEPT     all      lo     *       ::/0                 ::/0
2    37519 2730K ACCEPT     icmpv6    *      *       ::/0                 ::/0
3        0     0 ACCEPT     esp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0
4        0     0 ACCEPT     ah       *      *       ::/0                 ::/0
5      413 48385 ACCEPT     udp      *      *       ::/0                 ff02::fb/128       udp dpt:5353
6        0     0 ACCEPT     udp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               udp dpt:631
7        0     0 ACCEPT     tcp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               tcp dpt:631
8      173 79521 ACCEPT     udp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               udp dpts:32768:61000
9        0     0 ACCEPT     tcp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               tcp dpts:32768:61000 flags:!0x16/0x02
10       0     0 ACCEPT     tcp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               tcp dpt:22
11       0     0 ACCEPT     tcp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               tcp dpt:80
12       0     0 ACCEPT     tcp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               tcp dpt:53
13    4108  380K ACCEPT     udp      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               udp dpt:53
14      18  4196 REJECT     all      *      *       ::/0                 ::/0               reject-with icmp6-adm-prohibited