Sorry, but firewalls do NOT hide IP's. They block ports. The only thing that hides IP's is NAT. You think the firewall is hiding your IP because the firewall kills the connection attempt to THAT port. Any good hacker can tell the difference between a firewall blocked attempt and a non-active IP.
Beyond that, a firewall has nothing to do with getting scanned or not. I have a firewall and I get scanned all the time. They don't get any real info, but they do know that I exist and that I have a firewall up and running. Think of the firewall as a fence in front of the house. I know your there but I can't get to it until I find an open hole (scanning). Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Wombles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 2:51 PM Subject: Re: Mediaone/AT&T broadband port scans > sounds like you guys need to get a firewall that will hide your IP!! I use > Sygate at my house and even if I scan my IP from work, it doesn't even show > up. It is a free download and very easy to configure. You can set things > to either allow always, ask, or deny. and their last update corrected a > couple of flaws so now it doesn't allow access for inbound traffic until you > grant it access. > > later > dw > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Mediaone/AT&T broadband port scans > >Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 00:03:33 EST > > > >IP: 24.98.158.70 > >DNS: att-98-158-70.atl.mediaone.net > >RPC TCP port scan > >i got this 12/12/01 > >tell me about scans and ill laugh....im just a home user > >who gets atleast 100 if not more scans a day > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. >
