On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 07:26:01PM -0700, John Conover wrote: > Hi Mike. You are running stateful NAT, (stateful Network Address > Translation on your modem/router,) right? Also, your modem/router > should not be responding to ping(1)/icmp/ident packets since you do > not allow remote/external access. Might try:
I'm not up on the term but my firewall drops packets from anyone with whom I didn't initiate the connection. Is that 'stateful NAT'? > https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 I've been checking my firewall with grc.com ever since I felt the need for a firewall and grc.com says I'm fully stealthed. > for starters to find out, (or better, nmap(1) if you have access to an > external shell account.) Nope no such account but thanks for sharing your ideas. > John > -- > John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/ Mike -- "Why fit in when you can stand out?" - Dr. Seuss
