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I just recently installed blackice 2.9 on my system.

After installing - I went to the ShieldsUp website and
ran a port scan test. They told me that all my ports were STEALTH. Yet -
they gave me a Failed Test - explaining that they received a ping from my
computer.

They said ----> Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) - Your system REPLIED to our
Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal
firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in
order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since
"Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems
prior to further exploitation.


I went to my blackice softeare ... but I do not have a clue on how to
configure it to block, drop or ignore ping requests. Does anyone know
enough so you could possibly walk me through the process?

Thanks in Advance!

Boy



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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:49:15 -0700, Boy Meets Web wrote:

>I just recently installed blackice 2.9 on my system.

You installed it again?

>After installing - I went to the ShieldsUp website and
>ran a port scan test. They told me that all my ports were STEALTH. Yet -
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Usenet isn't chat, try not to post the same message again so soon.

Me