On Sunday 19 February 2006 11:31 am, Anthony kindly wrote: > Not responding to pings is more "security by obscurity" than anything > useful. You can still be port scanned if ping replies are disabled, > and you can still be subject to a denial of service attack. And of > course, if you WERE running exploitable services for the outside > world, they could still be connected to. Blocking pings can also make > it harder to do basic troubleshooting, particularly in larger > networks. It probably won't cause you much grief to block ping > replies, but it won't gain you much in the way of being more secure. > > > Anthony This makes me feel better. I'll probably just let it be. If I decide to block pings I might look into Guarddog because when I was using it on other installations they didn't respond to pings. Thanks to you both. Siri Amrit > > On 2/19/06, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote: > > I'd like to learn about Pings. I did a port scan test and all my ports > > are in stealth mode, but my system responded to pings and the test > > results said that was a security risk. If that's true, how do I make it > > not respond to pings? Is there a SIMPLE way to do this? I'm scared to go > > mucking about in iptables. > > > > A little info on my setup: > > I'm using PCLOS (based on Mandrake) and the Shorewall firewall, on a > > standalone box with a DSL modem/router. I'm not running any servers. I > > have the software firewall in the modem turned off because it was > > screwing some things up. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Siri Amrit > > -- > > Tigerflag Natural Perfumery, LLC > > www.tigerflag.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Tigerflag Natural Perfumery, LLC www.tigerflag.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss