How to stealth all ports with Avira

Discussion in 'other firewalls' started by yasha, Sep 7, 2008.

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  1. yasha

    yasha Registered Member

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    Hi,

    Was wondering how to stealth all ports with avira premium security suite? I thought it would be stealth by default but almost half my ports are "closed" only. Thanks,

    Yasha
     
    yasha, Sep 7, 2008
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    I know that 'stealth' doesn't mean that you're invisible on the web but if all ports come up as 'stealth' can I safely assume that all ports are filtered?

    I mean, if a port would be open a port scan (GRC or equivalent) would show the port as 'open' and not as 'stealth'?
     
    Stijnson, Sep 8, 2008
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  5. risl

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    It can also show the port as closed.
     
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    open = active service running on that port
    closed = no service running on that port
    stealth = no service running on that port + firewall in place dropping the packets

    Really not so hard to understand.
     
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    I know it's not hard to understand, I just wanted some confirmation.
    Thanks.
     
    Stijnson, Sep 9, 2008
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