Phil are you using a router? -Clint God Bless, Clint Hamilton, Owner www.OrpheusComputing.com www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phill Argus" Peter Kaulback wrote: > Hello listers, > > I was at my in-laws house this past weekend and ran the > Shields Up! test > on their computers, https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2. > They have XP > pro on all 3 with only the Windows firewall running and the > NAT on the > router running. > > Each computer failed the test with most ports being reported > as closed > rather than stealthed like they should be. So I turned off my > Comodo > firewall and turned on the XP firewall and only the ping made > it > through, then I turned off the windows firewall and tested > the Comodo > firewall. Upon running the test on the Comodo firewall it > left the RPC > open. Strange. > > So I tried the test on Linux and Mac and they both let ping > through but > stealthed everything else exactly like the XP firewall. Both > Linux and > Mac filter outbound transmissions unlike the XP firewall but > all 3 > performed better than Comodo, if only slightly. > > Peter Kaulback > > G'day Peter May be the settings of your Comodo Peter, I hadn't done a check with GRC for some time and your email reminded me! Results below with XP firewall OFF. GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2009-04-14 at 23:53:57 Results from scan of ports: 0-1055 0 Ports Open 0 Ports Closed 1056 Ports Stealth --------------------- 1056 Ports Tested ALL PORTS tested were found to be: STEALTH. TruStealth: PASSED - ALL tested ports were STEALTH, - NO unsolicited packets were received, - NO Ping reply (ICMP Echo) was received. ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-