Windows Vista Forums
Vista Forums Home Join Vista Forums Windows 7 Forum Vista Tutorials Tags
Welcome to Windows Vista Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find solutions with any problems, errors or issues you are experiencing with Windows Vista. The Vista forum also covers news and updates and has an extensive Windows Vista tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks.

Go Back   Vista Forums > Vista Newsgroups > Vista security

Vista - How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home Bas

Reply
 
Old 07-04-2007   #1 (permalink)
AChung


 
 

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.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-05-2007   #2 (permalink)
Mr. Arnold


 
 

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

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-05-2007   #3 (permalink)
BillD


 
 

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
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-05-2007   #4 (permalink)
AChung


 
 

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
>
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-05-2007   #5 (permalink)
AChung


 
 

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

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Reply

Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Forum
Disabling ICMP echo requests from Windows Firewall Vista security
Blocking Ping requests in Windows Vista Vista General
how to enable ICMP echo request Vista security
Problem on ICMP Echo : all ip checked reply when firewall is disable. Vista networking & sharing
Problem on ICMP Echo : all ip checked reply when firewall is disable. Vista security


Vista Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized,
sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation.
"Windows Vista", the Start Orb, and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
© Designer Media Ltd

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46