Re: Verification that GD is Really Working

Hi again,

Dave Mann wrote:
> I went to the grc site (which I used B4 when I was using Windows) and
> did a full test.  Everything appears to be "stealthed" except that my
> network allows ICMP ECHO replies.  I have already set GD under the
> "network" settings to reject the ping protocol.  

Maybe "rejecting" is the problem, because (I quote from the GD manual): 
"Rejecting a protocol is considered a more 'friendly' way of blocking 
it's use, because the sender is immediately informed about what has 
happened." Now, when Your GD _rejects_ ShieldUp's attemps to ping your 
machine, ShieldUp's will be _informed_ the packet has been rejected. 
So, in the end, Your machine has signalled: "I am here". So why not 
just drop all "pings"? I have neither ticked nor crossed ping for my 
conf. and have encountered no problems at all...

Greetings and have a nice weekend
Kimmo


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