Re: Query: Filtered Ports I do not use. Should i be worried?

[william fitzgerald <wfitzgerald () tssg org>]

Thanks Guys for your input.


Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> On 2007-05-10 Petter Bruland wrote:
>   
> > Filtered just means that your firewall / router is responding to the
> > port scan saying that there's no such service here.
> >     
>
> No.
>
>   
> > The better way (In my opinion) is to block these ports so that the
> > person scanning does not get a reply at all.
> >     
>
> "filtered" means exactly that: the connection attempt is dropped without
> a reply. Otherwise the port would be reported as either "open" or
> "closed".
>
>   
> > Might keep someone from trying different ways to get through, as they
> > know something is there.
> >     
>
> No.
>
> Regards
> Ansgar Wiechers
>   

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