On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 11:26:58PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:48:44PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > > Is there a way to disable the ping response > > on a server. (silent mode) > > Although I heard it's not considered polite... > > man iptables >
If you want it completely silent you need to DROP icmp packets. To make it reject pings but still appear present to scans use REJECT > > Also, how can I check to see what ports might be listening. > > man netstat netstat -tulpen is quite usefull > man nmap > Will let you know what ports are replying (you can also scan localhost), but can be misleading with some firewall setups. > HTH > > -- > Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
