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Milambar · 11-02-2014, 20:50

A networking expert friend of mine reliably informs me that "stealth" breaks the internet, as the RFC says the port should reply as open or closed. A minor point I guess.

RainmakerRaw is absolutely correct that a stealthed port is more noticable than a closed one, for the very fact that it indicates there IS a machine there, in order to silently drop the packet, rather than just reply unreachable. Stealh is NOT better, despite what GRC says.

Personal opinion:
The majority of the information pushed out by shieldsup et-al, are truths or partial truths misrepresented in such a way as to sensationalize things that aren't really an issue at all, in such a way as to bring people to his website, thus increasing his ad-revenue.

11-02-2014, 20:50	#4
Milambar Inactive Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 954	Re: Port 53 open by default on SH2? A networking expert friend of mine reliably informs me that "stealth" breaks the internet, as the RFC says the port should reply as open or closed. A minor point I guess. RainmakerRaw is absolutely correct that a stealthed port is more noticable than a closed one, for the very fact that it indicates there IS a machine there, in order to silently drop the packet, rather than just reply unreachable. Stealh is NOT better, despite what GRC says. Personal opinion: The majority of the information pushed out by shieldsup et-al, are truths or partial truths misrepresented in such a way as to sensationalize things that aren't really an issue at all, in such a way as to bring people to his website, thus increasing his ad-revenue.