Rotaluclac
New Member
Call it paranoia - I set up the firewall to block all outbound traffic by default, and to allow traffic only if it meets a rule.
I experimented with ping and tracert from the command prompt.
Normally, they both don't work. When I create a rule to allow outbound ICMP traffic, they do work. That's what I expect.
Now I change the rule. Instead of allowing ICMP for any program, I change the program to C:\Windows\System32\PING.EXE , and I leave the ICMP part as it was. I expect that ping still works, but tracert doesn't.
However, neither ping nor tracert works. WHY? To state my question differently: is there a way to allow outbound ICMP for ping, but to disallow it for tracert (or the other way round)?
I experimented with ping and tracert from the command prompt.
Normally, they both don't work. When I create a rule to allow outbound ICMP traffic, they do work. That's what I expect.
Now I change the rule. Instead of allowing ICMP for any program, I change the program to C:\Windows\System32\PING.EXE , and I leave the ICMP part as it was. I expect that ping still works, but tracert doesn't.
However, neither ping nor tracert works. WHY? To state my question differently: is there a way to allow outbound ICMP for ping, but to disallow it for tracert (or the other way round)?
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- Intel Core2 Duo E6850 3.0 GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus P5B SE
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Club3D NVidia 8500GT
- Hard Drives
- 750 GB Samsung HD753LJ