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I recently did a scan on Sygate Technologies site to check the security of my system. I ran all their scans, and they scanned all my ports, tcp etc.. they all came back blocked, and Sygate said they were all stealthed. Does this mean my system is secure from outside attacks? Aren't sockets still exposed? I guess I'm not sure what it means that all my ports are blocked?
Thanks Gary
Thanks Gary
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Sockets are the application level "listeners" on the ports... so if all your ports are blocked then the sockets (which still can listen on blocked ports) won't communicate with anything.
Think of your computer as a house... the doors are the ports... the sockets are people behind the doors waiting to greet whoever comes in. If the doors are all locked, the people would just stand there... bored... cause they have no one to talk to.
Think of your computer as a house... the doors are the ports... the sockets are people behind the doors waiting to greet whoever comes in. If the doors are all locked, the people would just stand there... bored... cause they have no one to talk to.
to lose or gain, hidden to the shadows. ip ports blocked not a good site.
i perfer that u would use a better firewall, maybe norton.
maybe u should install windows service pack 2.
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I don't have nothing to steal only my bandwidth, plz not my bandwidth. my service provider only gives me 7 gigs a month. WHAT am i suppose to do with 7 gigs a month, i can't even log into msn messenger without half of it gone.
i perfer that u would use a better firewall, maybe norton.
maybe u should install windows service pack 2.
lalalalala >>>if u thought to accept this, u are doin urself a wrong<<<
FORCE ACCEPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I don't have nothing to steal only my bandwidth, plz not my bandwidth. my service provider only gives me 7 gigs a month. WHAT am i suppose to do with 7 gigs a month, i can't even log into msn messenger without half of it gone.
Huh?
> .. so if all your ports are blocked then ... won't communicate with anything.
Wrong. Dot.
If someone disagrees with "wrong" please search the web or books or whatever how to use for example ICMP to build a full client-server application (sorry EE's membership agreements do not allow to post proper links).
BTW, ICMP does not use any port.
If you got used to that, you understand my first comment http:#12092774 :-)
Wrong. Dot.
If someone disagrees with "wrong" please search the web or books or whatever how to use for example ICMP to build a full client-server application (sorry EE's membership agreements do not allow to post proper links).
BTW, ICMP does not use any port.
If you got used to that, you understand my first comment http:#12092774 :-)
ahoffmann, this is not to offend in anyway - I am just clarifying what I said...
In context, the statement "so if all your ports are blocked then the sockets (which still can listen on blocked ports) won't communicate with anything" is true for all cases... even for ICMP. The statement I made refers to the port-socket relationship. If the ports are blocked then the socket behind the port will not communicate. This is true even for ICMP - If you use an ICMP socket, the assigned port must be open in order for it to communicate (basic socket level programming).
ICMP can be used in a non-port, non-socket communication but this was not an issue that I was addressing since the user asked about port-socket blocking.
Your first comment (or question) in this thread is probably a misunderstanding. The question presented by fourwayflight was referring to an incoming packet originating from the outside to his firewall - in this case the user went to a website that sent port probes to his firewall. Firewall's are designed to block any non-internally generated responses from the outside - which for the user, the firewall was blocking all common ports 1-1024, as it should be by default. This does not imply the user cannot "get outside" - firewalls will allow responses from internal requests (stateful packet inspection as an example).
In context, the statement "so if all your ports are blocked then the sockets (which still can listen on blocked ports) won't communicate with anything" is true for all cases... even for ICMP. The statement I made refers to the port-socket relationship. If the ports are blocked then the socket behind the port will not communicate. This is true even for ICMP - If you use an ICMP socket, the assigned port must be open in order for it to communicate (basic socket level programming).
ICMP can be used in a non-port, non-socket communication but this was not an issue that I was addressing since the user asked about port-socket blocking.
Your first comment (or question) in this thread is probably a misunderstanding. The question presented by fourwayflight was referring to an incoming packet originating from the outside to his firewall - in this case the user went to a website that sent port probes to his firewall. Firewall's are designed to block any non-internally generated responses from the outside - which for the user, the firewall was blocking all common ports 1-1024, as it should be by default. This does not imply the user cannot "get outside" - firewalls will allow responses from internal requests (stateful packet inspection as an example).
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Huh? (again)
it's useless to explain the "unbelievable" if you won't make yourself used to it (like communicating through firewalls without being blocked, or even detected:)
If a firewall allows traffic in one direction, I can coomunicate.
No offence too ;-)
I agree that "usual" tcp (and most udp) traffic is blocked when the firewall drops these packets, and hence no "usual" program using sockets can communicate.
The questieon was indeed about sockets, so we can stop explaining other techniques here :-)
> I guess I'm not sure what it means that all my ports are blocked?
to be more precise:
if ports 1..65335 do not respond from outside, then tcp (and probably udp) they can be assumed blocked
If a firewall allows traffic in one direction, I can coomunicate.
No offence too ;-)
I agree that "usual" tcp (and most udp) traffic is blocked when the firewall drops these packets, and hence no "usual" program using sockets can communicate.
The questieon was indeed about sockets, so we can stop explaining other techniques here :-)
> I guess I'm not sure what it means that all my ports are blocked?
to be more precise:
if ports 1..65335 do not respond from outside, then tcp (and probably udp) they can be assumed blocked
If all ports are closed, how did you get outside?