Depending on what else is there as a service that you have the port open, the real benefit may or may not be realized.
Stealth is good if you don't have services running, since then it doesn't look like anything even exists at that IP. All it really does is keep people from knowing something is there. But if you have any other services running (web, ftp, whatever) and someone scans that IP, they're going to know that something exists at that IP whether or not the unused ports are stealthed. I've never heard of any reason *not* to enable it, so on my pro VX it's turned on, even though port 21 and 80 are obviously open. I figure failing all else, maybe some script kiddie out there may only scan a few not often used ports to find something he's set up to try to exploit, so if they show as stealth he might just pass by the IP. Hope this helps. John -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Bachelder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SonicWALL]- Stealth Mode Hi all, We are using a SOHO50 with Firmware version: 5.1.7.0. On the Access > Services page there is an option called Stealth Mode. The help system describes this as... By default, the SonicWALL Internet Security Appliance responds to incoming connection requests as either "blocked" or "open". If you enable Stealth Mode, no response will be made to inbound requests, thereby making your network "invisible" to potential attackers. Is there any reason why I should NOT enable this option. Thanks in advance, Kevin ------------------ Kevin Bachelder Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - Windows NT 4.0 (MCSE) Microsoft Certified Professional - Windows 2000 (MCP) Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) CompTIA A+ Certified Computer Repair Technician (A+) --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude/F-Prot Virus] ============================================================================ ======================= To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the email put the following: unsubscribe sonicwall your_name The archive of this list is at http://www.mail-archive.com/sonicwall%40peake.com/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude/F-Prot Virus] =================================================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the email put the following: unsubscribe sonicwall your_name The archive of this list is at http://www.mail-archive.com/sonicwall%40peake.com/
