Re: Stealth vs Closed ports and firewalls
From: Kerodo (kerodonospamkenny_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/30/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:57:11 -0700
In article <MPG.1bc4fa8368aba6759897a3@news.east.earthlink.net>,
Casey@nosuch.net says...
> In article <MPG.1bc3ada252d4fc2e9896c4@news.central.cox.net>, kerodonospamkenny@hotmail.com says...
> > I'm playing with an old version of ZoneAlarm 2.6 here just for fun, and
> > it gives you the option of running without stealth mode, which is
> > interesting. I turn stealth off and go test at grc.com. Grc tells me
> > that most of my ports are Closed, but 1025 is Open (Ms Task Scheduler on
> > Win2k here). So I assume that closed ports is fine, but anything Open
> > is vulnerable and should be closed. Right?
> >
> > I'm used to the stealth mode in most firewalls today. If I put ZA into
> > stealth mode, I notice that it also blocks access to port 1025 which MS
> > Task is listening on. But in Non-Stealth mode, ZA doesn't even ask me
> > about the incoming connection attempt. Why is this? Shouldn't the
> > firewall ask about any incoming connections to listening ports?
> >
> I can't answer your question but I will make a side comment.
> Different firewalls apparently have different meanings for
> Stealth Mode. In Sygate, when running in the stealth mode,
> a web site will not know what OS or browser you are using.
> This is said to cause some websites to not function properly.
Yes, I also have Sygate here too and use it sometimes. I don't think ZA
does that (stealth the OS or browser). Most firewalls probably don't.
Sygate has some nice features. I bought the Pro version a few months
ago, but I like to experiment with different firewalls so much that I
change what I'm running every other week. Crazy, but true.. :)
-- Kerodo
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