Shields up question..

[Comp01]

I am using Sygate5.5 free, Almost everytime I do a full service port test (About onces a week) the first time I do it, says I have a bunch of ports just closed, and not stealthed, I then do another test, and pass, with full stealth, Is this adaptive behaviour of sygate? or what? (I am usually running my basic online apps when testing, mirc, and trillian) Closed still prevents hackers, right?

[Pieter_Arntz]

Hi Comp01,

See if you have the option to "block all traffic from this IP" checked.
If Sygate detects a scan and it blocks all traffic from grc for the time-period that you set, it is logical you get all stealth the second run.

Regards,

Pieter

[snapdragin]

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....Is this adaptive behaviour of sygate? or what? (I am usually running my basic online apps when testing, mirc, and trillian)
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Hi Comp01, no this isn't adaptive behaviour of sygate. You should be getting a Blocked and Stealth result with the scan tests, although i know little about mIRC and how it opens ports...? Maybe some else can help you with that?

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A scan result of Blocked* means that your ports are closed and stealthed (hidden) - meaning your system is not sending back a reply to anyone scanning your system.

A scan result of Closed* means that your ports are blocked (closed) but not stealth - which means when someone scans your system, they will get a reply that your ports are closed, so they won't be able to get in.

Where are you doing the scan that is saying you have ports that are closed and not stealth? i know pcflanks' scans are not returning the correct information because with me i get the failed with one scan, then a minute later, it says i pass. And i know my ports are blocked and stealth.
sorry Comp01, i just noticed the title of your post..lol..but you should still be getting a stealth scan result at Shields Up with Sygate, unless one of your apps is keeping a port open while you are doing the scan Do you remember what ports they were?

regards,

snap

edited to add that the Blocked* and Closed* scan results are from Sygate's scan test.

[snapdragin]

Oops...i was typing while you were posting Pieter... :D

[Comp01]

I didnt save the results of lastnight, but its almost always random, iheres the text summary:
GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2003-11-29 at 22:59:30

Results from scan of ports: 0-1055

0 Ports Open
224 Ports Closed
832 Ports Stealth
---------------------
1056 Ports Tested

NO PORTS were found to be OPEN.

Ports found to be CLOSED were: 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837,
838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843,
844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849,
850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855,
856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861,
862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867,
868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873,
874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879,
880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885,
886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891,
892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897,
898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903,
904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909,
910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915,
916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921,
922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927,
928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933,
934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939,
940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945,
946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951,
952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957,
958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963,
964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969,
970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975,
976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981,
982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987,
988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 993,
994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999,
1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004,
1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009,
1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014,
1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019,
1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024,
1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029,
1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034,
1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039,
1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044,
1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049,
1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054,
1055

Other than what is listed above, all ports are STEALTH.

TruStealth: FAILED - NOT all tested ports were STEALTH,
- NO unsolicited packets were received,
- NO Ping reply (ICMP Echo) was received.

[Comp01]

And then I got:
GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2003-11-29 at 23:04:11

Results from scan of ports: 0-1055

0 Ports Open
0 Ports Closed
1056 Ports Stealth
---------------------
1056 Ports Tested

ALL PORTS tested were found to be: STEALTH.

TruStealth: PASSED - ALL tested ports were STEALTH,
- NO unsolicited packets were received,
- NO Ping reply (ICMP Echo) was received.