On Tuesday 03 May 2005 17:28, Wagner, Steven G wrote:
> IPCop is a standalone distribution, available here:
>
> www.ipcop.org
>
> As to your other question, please see "ping of death" and related attacks.
> Here is a little message from www.grc.com after running their port scanning
> test:
>
> "Your system has achieved a perfect "TruStealth" rating. Not a single
> packet — solicited or otherwise — was received from your system as a result
> of our security probing tests. Your system ignored and refused to reply to
> repeated Pings (ICMP Echo Requests). From the standpoint of the passing
> probes of any hacker, this machine does not exist on the Internet. Some
> questionable personal security systems expose their users by attempting to
> "counter-probe the prober", thus revealing themselves. But your system
> wisely remained silent in every way. Very nice."
 
 What a neat site! I checked it out, and learned more about online security 
than I ever thought I'd want to know. Thanks! - Stu
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