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| Guest | 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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| Guest | 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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| Guest | 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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| Guest | 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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