ICMP 8 OPEN

[Christoph Fuchs]

Warty Warthog wrote:
> http://scan.sygate.com/quickscan.html when I scan my
> Ubuntu box I get the following error:
> Protocol  Type  Status      Additional Information
>  ICMP      8     OPEN    An ICMP ping request is
 > [...]
 >
 > What does it mean? and with or without firestarter
 > firewall I get such error. How can I avoid this error?
 >


This means that your system doesn't block ICMP type 8 (used for normal 
pings - if somebody types in "ping $YOUR_IP" then he gets an answer from 
you).

This is nothing to scare about - it only shows that sygate didn't 
understand how ICMP works.

kind regards,

Christoph

btw, please change your real name