[ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

[John Matthews]

On 23/04/10 17:52, Colin Law wrote:
> On 23 April 2010 17:24, John Matthews<jakewc2 at sky.com>  wrote:
>    
>> On 23/04/10 16:58, Markie wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>>
>>      
>>> Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I
>>> am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could ping me.
>>>        
>> Some routers by default block "WAN pings" some do not. My Sky router has a
>> field called "respond to ping on WAN port" its checked off. I passed the
>> test with all my ports in stealth mode. Basically the check at the link rob
>> passed runs a port scan against the WAN side of your router. This is if your
>> are connected via a router. If you connect directly via a USB modem or a
>> Cable modem then it will scan your PC directly.
>>
>>      
>>> Plus, it was a bit strange because on one of the things it said 'it was
>>> unusual to find a windows machine so completely hidden'. But I'm not using
>>> windows,>  I'm using Ubuntu. That is amazing really considering.
>>>        
>> :-) I would say that its making an assumption that your running windows.
>> Lets face it us Linux users are pretty much in a minority at least when it
>> comes to the OS of choice on the desktop / laptop.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> thats done it. Brilliant. I looked for
>>
>> "respond to ping on WAN port"
>>
>> in my router settings, found it, it was ticked, I unticked, then  ran the
>> test again, and passed everything.
>>
>> That is brilliant. Thank you. Feel a bit better now.
>>      
> Note that the ping was not getting through to your PC, it was the
> router that was responding to the ping.
>
> Colin
>
>    


Hi Colin, thank you for pointing that out. I keep forgetting I have a 
router, and things work differently with it. If I can connect to the 
internet, I dont think about it, it is only when  it breaks, I remember.

John.

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