Hi, I just got Shorewall installed on my Slackware 13.37 system. It's a simple, one user (me) home system, no servers or anything like that. I went to test how it worked at the ShieldUP! website https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2. I passed with all stealth, *but* I failed this part: ----- Unsolicited Packets: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system's personal security countermeasures unwisely attempted to probe us in response to our probes. While some users believe that "tracking down" the source of Internet probes is useful, experience indicates that there is little to gain and potentially much to lose. The wisest course of action is to simulate nonexistence — which your system has failed to do. Your counter-probes immediately reveal your system's presence and location on the Internet. ----- What do I need to change to get that 'response' my system is sending to *not* respond, so that I am completely and totally 'stealth'? Thanks for any help with this. I've looked and read and looked and read, but a lot of this is chinese and was starting to lose me badly, heh. John -- If Bill Gates had a nickle for every time Windows crashed...Oh, wait, he does! -from a slashdot.org post ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
On 03/21/2012 07:11 PM, Insomniactoo wrote:> > Hi, > > I just got Shorewall installed on my Slackware 13.37 system. It''s a simple, > one user (me) home system, no servers or anything like that. > > I went to test how it worked at the ShieldUP! website > https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2. I passed with all stealth, *but* I failed > this part: > > ----- > Unsolicited Packets: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system''s personal security > countermeasures unwisely attempted to probe us in response to our probes. While > some users believe that "tracking down" the source of Internet probes is useful, > experience indicates that there is little to gain and potentially much to lose. > The wisest course of action is to simulate nonexistence — which your system has > failed to do. Your counter-probes immediately reveal your system''s presence and > location on the Internet. > ----- > > What do I need to change to get that ''response'' my system is sending to *not* > respond, so that I am completely and totally ''stealth''?This is Shorewall FAQ 4. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure
On Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:03 Tom Eastep wrote:> On 03/21/2012 07:11 PM, Insomniactoo wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just got Shorewall installed on my Slackware 13.37 system. It's a > > simple, > > > > one user (me) home system, no servers or anything like that. > > > > I went to test how it worked at the ShieldUP! website > > > > https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2. I passed with all stealth, *but* I > > failed this part: > > > > ----- > > Unsolicited Packets: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system's personal security > > countermeasures unwisely attempted to probe us in response to our probes. > > While some users believe that "tracking down" the source of Internet > > probes is useful, experience indicates that there is little to gain and > > potentially much to lose. The wisest course of action is to simulate > > nonexistence — which your system has failed to do. Your counter-probes > > immediately reveal your system's presence and location on the Internet. > > ----- > > > > What do I need to change to get that 'response' my system is sending to > > *not* > > > > respond, so that I am completely and totally 'stealth'? > > This is Shorewall FAQ 4. > > -TomMeh...might need to upgrade on the reading glasses. Found it. Thanks tom! John -- If Bill Gates had a nickle for every time Windows crashed...Oh, wait, he does! -from a slashdot.org post ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users