Re: hacker tracking

From	Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: hacker tracking
Date	2017-06-19 17:40 +0200
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On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 07:26:01PM -0700, John Conover wrote:
> Hi Mike. You are running stateful NAT, (stateful Network Address
> Translation on your modem/router,) right?  Also, your modem/router
> should not be responding to ping(1)/icmp/ident packets since you do
> not allow remote/external access. Might try:

I'm not up on the term but my firewall drops packets from anyone with
whom I didn't initiate the connection. Is that 'stateful NAT'?

>     https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

I've been checking my firewall with grc.com ever since I felt the need
for a firewall and grc.com says I'm fully stealthed.

> for starters to find out, (or better, nmap(1) if you have access to an
> external shell account.)

Nope no such account but thanks for sharing your ideas.

>     John
> --
> John Conover, conover@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/

Mike
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hacker tracking Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2017-06-19 03:00 +0200
  Re: hacker tracking John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-06-19 03:10 +0200
    Re: hacker tracking Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2017-06-19 17:30 +0200
      Re: hacker tracking Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-06-19 19:40 +0200
  Re: hacker tracking conover@rahul.net (John Conover) - 2017-06-19 05:00 +0200
    Re: hacker tracking Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2017-06-19 17:40 +0200

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