Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
 ·Qwest.net
1 edit | Hmmmm
If you are running in stealth mode with invisible ports
who is going to find you if they can't ping anything, if you can't be found the hacker is going to look for a easier target and there sure is enough of them.
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preskool69
join:2003-03-07
Tulsa, OK | what r u talkin about, running in stealth mode with invisble ports on what kind of magical router. Too bad there wasnt such a thing it would make us network techs work alot easier |
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wtansill
Ncc1701
join:2000-10-10
Falls Church, VA
| I run an SMC Barricade NAT box/router along with a software firewall and anti-virus software. I regularly visit Gibson Research, as well as DSL Reports and have my machine scanned. Periodically I visit other sites that offer scanning services as well. To date every one of them has essentially told me that if I hadn't provided an initial IP address for them to test, they would never have found me -- all of my ports are identified as "Stealth mode", non-pingable, and invisible to port-scanning bad guys...
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·Qwest.net
| said by wtansill  :
I run an SMC Barricade NAT box/router along with a software firewall and anti-virus software. I regularly visit Gibson Research, as well as DSL Reports and have my machine scanned. Periodically I visit other sites that offer scanning services as well. To date every one of them has essentially told me that if I hadn't provided an initial IP address for them to test, they would never have found me -- all of my ports are identified as "Stealth mode", non-pingable, and invisible to port-scanning bad guys...
This is exactly what I was referring to.
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bear73
Metnav... Fly The Unfriendly Skies
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join:2001-06-09
Grand Forks Afb, ND
 ·Midcontinent Commu..
| Actually, a short while back there was a pretty heated debate in the Security Forum on wether "to Stealth or not to Stealth"... The argument for was exactly as you are saying...If you don't see me then you can't find me. But the other camp insists that if they are looking at you then they already know you are there. In which case, what are you hiding? Perhaps I should look to see if there's anything useful. Whereas if all the doors are locked (closed) then there is nothing special for a random port scan. If you are specifically targeted, then they will get through eventually.
And think on this, if you use the internet, then you do have at least A FEW ports that are not stealthed. Like 39, 80, 119. And forget it if you run any servers, like gaming for example.
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