On 17 Jul 00, at 11:27, I wrote:
> The behavior I am seeing by a SonicWall SoHo when an incoming packet
> matches a "Deny" rule is that the connection is *refused*. Ugh. I
> want the packet to be *dropped*. Does anyone know if there's a way
> to achieve this? I don't see how to do it from the manual.
Well, this is interesting. I don't know if it's a coincidence or not
-- I'd like to believe instead that SonicWall was listening! At any
rate, in yesterday's E-mail I find:
> Version 5.0.2 (8/17/2000)
>
> New Features and Enhancements:
[snip]
> * A stealth mode option on the Access/Services page allows inbound
> packets to be dropped rather than responding with a closed port.
Yeah! Haven't had a chance to try it yet. Thank you, SonicWall ...
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