Stealthy surfing

[STUTTGART]

Hi,

I have set up the firewall in the suse10.0 OSS by unchecking all boxes,which should stop anything getting through.
I then went to Steve gibson`s Shields Up! site https://grc.com/x/ne.dllbhObkyd2 and ran the Common Ports test.
Everything was `stealthed` apart from port 113 (IDENT).
This was using my Motorola SBS5101 USB modem.However,if I connect using my D-Link combined router//firewall only port 113 is not stealthed using router.
So how do I configure Shorewall to stealth port 113 when using the Motorola?
I know there are arguments that port 113 shouldn`t drop network packets as this can cause problems,but I use router for hours on end never experience any connection slowdowns,even though it does stealth this port.
And of course,if you reject packets,crackers know that your computer exists....

Tnx to let me know and helping me out.

Stuttgart

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

are you running an IDENT server? You kind of need one if you're running an IRC client. Keep in mind there are some things that you want to let through.

[Dextrimental]

Login to your router and forward 113 to an unassigned Ip.

[soulestream]

You may want to check port forwarding in your router unless you opened port 113 or you have UPnP enabled all incoming ports should be closed by default.

If all your ports are closed on your router, using a firewall behind it is also kinda redundant, unless your want to monitor outgoing connections.

soule