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Blocked TCP

Black Swan · 2008-12-02 16:02:57

I've blocked "any incoming TCP stream" (Transmission Control Protocol) on my laptop's firewall to enhance stealth on the web. Running before and after ShieldsUp tests showed that before blocking, 20 ports were revealed to the web as closed, but after blocking this particular TCP, 100% of the ports where shown in stealth…

02-12-2008 05:02PM

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I've blocked "any incoming TCP stream" (Transmission Control Protocol) on my laptop's firewall to enhance stealth on the web. Running before and after ShieldsUp tests showed that before blocking, 20 ports were revealed to the web as closed, but after blocking this particular TCP, 100% of the ports where shown in stealth mode. Does anyone see any problems that may result for me with blocking "any incoming TCP stream" with my firewall?

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#2 02-12-2008 08:01PM

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Similar to the ICMP thread it depends on the extent of this option in your firewall. If you were still able to post here from that system then it would have to only apply to unsolicited traffic and not stateful replies so you should be fine unless you are ever trying to run a TCP based server application from that PC.

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