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Router and Open Ports
Name: RTAdams89 Date: December 26, 2003 at 20:48:29 Pacific OS: na CPU/Ram: na
Comment:
I have a software firewall on my desktop PC. If I connect it directly to my cable modem and then runn the unline sygate security tests all my ports are shown as "blocked" (aka stealthed). However, if I then hook my pc up to my router and my router to the cable modem and I run the tests all my ports are shown as "Closed" (aka not stealthed). What is up with this? Are all those ports stealthed or not?
Name: capt Date: December 27, 2003 at 07:23:56 Pacific
Reply:
They are not stealthed, just closed. Go to http://grc.com to find more informaation about this. GRC also has one of the best port scans(SHIELDS UP). You can do a google search for the router you are using to learn how to stealth the ports. Dlink, Linksys, etc., all are a little different in how you change the settings. You gain access by using your router address and then open the settings options in the router.
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