Firewalls - Any Advice?

[blues]

now i tested shieldsup with another computer that is connected to my router, that computer use norton 360, and it was the same results as on my computer, the other computer has vista.

i also have tried the auditmypc test, and i passed that test.

someone tried to do something with my router/computer one day here.

and this is the log from my router when that happened:

FIREWALL icmp check (1 of 1): Protocol: ICMP Src ip: (ip adress) Dst ip: (ip adress) Type: Destination Unreachable Code: Communication with Destination Host is Administratively Prohibited

[AplusWebMaster]

maybe it is my router...

'Just a thought - maybe it is.

Try this: http://www.opendns.com/ ...

and set up your router according to their instructions - 'might fix it and save you alot of problems in the future.

[blues]

'Just a thought - maybe it is.

Try this: http://www.opendns.com/ ...

and set up your router according to their instructions - 'might fix it and save you alot of problems in the future.

this was the only thing i found in my router that has with dns settings to do:

Dynamic DNS Service
Dynamic DNS can be used to point a fixed host name (e.g host.a-domain.com) to the public (or WAN) IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider (typically a dynamic IP address). This allows servers located on your Local Network (configured using Game & Application Sharing) to be accessible using this alias rather than the IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider.

[AplusWebMaster]

OK - let's be specific.

What kind of router do you have (make, model, etc.)?

Why is it setup for "Dynamic DNS", whatever that is?
('Sounds real suspicious to me.)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS

[blues]

dynamic dns is disabled, and it have never been enabled, but that was the only setting about dns i could find on the router.

it is easier to link to this thread over at hphosts, there is most of the information on my router, howewer, that thread wasnt about stealth ports and ping, it is on page three and four:

http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopi...st=0&sk=t&sd=a

[shelf life]

Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet.

your router may have a option to "discard ping from WAN"
you have a router and a software firewall, i would'nt be to concerned about the above reply from the scan result. it is not a security risk that your router replied to the ping.

[blues]

i have tried to run the setup wizard in the router because i have read somewhere that the intrusion detection (wich i dont think is the same as the firewall) can only be enabled in the setup wizard. the logs of intrusion detection is always empty and intrusion detection is disabled. maybe there is a setting that can block ping in the wizard too? there is difficult questions in the setup wizard wich i dont understand, and this is the first one:

Service Selection
You need to select the service you want to connect to. Select the service of your DSL account. Click Next to continue.

Select a service:
"Telenor PPP" "Telenor DHCP" "Telenor Bridge"

Description of selected service:
DESCRIPTION PPP or dhcp or bridged conecction.
REGION Norway
PROVIDER Telenor

what should i choose here? my isp is telenor.

this is some information from the router, and probably the setting that is set now: Service Name: Telenor PPPoE (modified by user)

i did not use the wizard myself when i got my router, and i dont know if he who was here and setup everything did use it either.

[blues]

it is not a security risk that your router replied to the ping.

then maybe i shouldnt care about doing something with it.

[shelf life]

you might check with your isp about the correct router settings to use with there service.
i wouldnt worry about the ping reply.

[blues]

i will see what i do. thanks for all your help, all of you