Can someone help me out...

Okay, in outpost I go to "blocked last 10 min" and I want to allow something that is blocked, and it blocks "out refused" I have no damn idea how to allow this, I allowed mostly everything I know that relates to what I want allowed in the first place. But please help, I've been trying to figure this out for the past few days.

 

What is the full log entry for this blocked packet?

 

process name: n/a
direction: out refused
protocol: ICMP
remote address:
remote port: echo reply/0
reason: ICMP traffic


Is it safe to post the remote address?

 

please

 

although i would say its probably telling you that youtr system wanted to respond to a bad icmp packet and its telling you "hey i stopped it for you"
i recall seeing something similar when i had outpost

 

Assuming that you are running a recent version of Outpost, the solution is to click on the "Attack Detection" heading in the left-hand pane of Outpost's main window - this should show a "Blocked Hosts" list where you can unblock individual entries.

If you wish to avoid having that address blocked in future, consider adding it to Attack Detection Properties/Advanced/Exclusions/Hosts as a Trusted Host. Alternatively, disable the blocking feature (Attack Detection Properties/Alerts/Actions/Block intruder for...) if it creates too many false positives for you.

 

Hi disinter1,

If you check the default settings for ICMP, you will note that ICMP echo reply is blocked from outbound.

 

I will try out all this good info, and I will get back to you, thanks!!