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07-04-2007
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| | How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home Bas Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my PC invisible on the Internet. |
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07-05-2007
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| | Re: How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home Bas "AChung" <AChung@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6B19A99D-5187-4ABB-B424-BA9F88CC43AD@microsoft.com... > Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its > Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my > PC > invisible on the Internet. Ipsec is on Vista but I don't know about Home Basic. http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_tr...with_ipsec.htm If you want the machine to be invisable to the the Internet with all inbound unsolicited traffic block to the machine by default, then put the machine behind a NAT router. http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp |
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07-05-2007
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| | RE: How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home Bas "AChung" wrote: > Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its > Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my PC > invisible on the Internet. By default, "Ping reply" is disabled. By default, with Windows Vista firewall all computers are invisible on the Internet |
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07-05-2007
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| | Re: How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home Dear Mr Arnold Thank you for your detailed information. Regards. "Mr. Arnold" wrote: > > "AChung" <AChung@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6B19A99D-5187-4ABB-B424-BA9F88CC43AD@microsoft.com... > > Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its > > Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my > > PC > > invisible on the Internet. > > Ipsec is on Vista but I don't know about Home Basic. > > http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_tr...with_ipsec.htm > > If you want the machine to be invisable to the the Internet with all inbound > unsolicited traffic block to the machine by default, then put the machine > behind a NAT router. > > http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp > > |
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07-05-2007
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| | RE: How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home Hi, BillD Thank you for your advice. Regards. "BillD" wrote: > > > "AChung" wrote: > > > Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its > > Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my PC > > invisible on the Internet. > > By default, "Ping reply" is disabled. > By default, with Windows Vista firewall all computers are invisible on the > Internet |
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