open ports

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <1117035423.527c52627c5e6909c0ad76ee039437ed@teran ews>,
> "F9" (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> "Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> > In article <1116958196.e9146812b5eddc41a8c10904f3c5b377@teran ews>,
>> > "F9" (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> >> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> >> > (E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
>> >> >> My question is how can I sort this out. Is a ping the same as an
>> >> >> echo
>> >> >> reply
>> >> >> and if i block it what new problems will i creat for myself?
>> >> >
>> >> > Responding to a ping is like sitting on top of a stepladder in
>> >> > no-mans
>> >> > land, smoking endless cigars through a luminous balaclava. It's the
>> >> > equivalent of shouting "Oi, Mr hacker! Over here! Come and attack
>> >> > me!"
>> >> >
>> >> > Most routers can be set not to respond to ping on the WAN port, and
>> >> > it's
>> >> > a good idea to do so. As for the open ports, you should only really
>> >> > open
>> >> > ports if you absolutely have to. Default firewall settings is to
>> >> > allow
>> >> > anything outbound but deny anything inbound.
>> >>
>> >> How can I set my router to not respond on the WAN port?
>> >>
>> > I already told you.
>>
>> I'm not exactly an expert on these things. I have a dynamode 4-port adsl
>> modem/router.
>>
> Model? Firmware version?

Firmware - CX82xxx_4.1.0.13
Model - R-ADSL-C4

I thought about upgrading the firmware from this page:
http://www.dynamode.co.uk/support/adsl_r-adsl-c1-2.html

But the firmware version doesnt match mine.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)> , "Rob
Morley" (E-Mail Removed) says...
> In article <1116958196.e9146812b5eddc41a8c10904f3c5b377@teran ews>,
> "F9" (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > (E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
> > >> My question is how can I sort this out. Is a ping the same as an echo
> > >> reply
> > >> and if i block it what new problems will i creat for myself?
> > >
> > > Responding to a ping is like sitting on top of a stepladder in no-mans
> > > land, smoking endless cigars through a luminous balaclava. It's the
> > > equivalent of shouting "Oi, Mr hacker! Over here! Come and attack me!"
> > >
> > > Most routers can be set not to respond to ping on the WAN port, and it's
> > > a good idea to do so. As for the open ports, you should only really open
> > > ports if you absolutely have to. Default firewall settings is to allow
> > > anything outbound but deny anything inbound.
> >
> > How can I set my router to not respond on the WAN port?
> >
> I already told you.
>
Whoops, brain fade ...
I was thinking of the ident service, which is commonly left open on
routers. Echo uses ICMP rather than TCP or UDP so unless your router
has a setting to drop ICMP echo requests there's not much you can do.
I couldn't find any reference to this in the manual for your router -
sorry.

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <(E-Mail Removed)> , "Rob
> Morley" (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> In article <1116958196.e9146812b5eddc41a8c10904f3c5b377@teran ews>,
>> "F9" (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> > "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > > (E-Mail Removed) declared for all the world to hear...
>> > >> My question is how can I sort this out. Is a ping the same as an
>> > >> echo
>> > >> reply
>> > >> and if i block it what new problems will i creat for myself?
>> > >
>> > > Responding to a ping is like sitting on top of a stepladder in
>> > > no-mans
>> > > land, smoking endless cigars through a luminous balaclava. It's the
>> > > equivalent of shouting "Oi, Mr hacker! Over here! Come and attack
>> > > me!"
>> > >
>> > > Most routers can be set not to respond to ping on the WAN port, and
>> > > it's
>> > > a good idea to do so. As for the open ports, you should only really
>> > > open
>> > > ports if you absolutely have to. Default firewall settings is to
>> > > allow
>> > > anything outbound but deny anything inbound.
>> >
>> > How can I set my router to not respond on the WAN port?
>> >
>> I already told you.
>>
> Whoops, brain fade ...
> I was thinking of the ident service, which is commonly left open on
> routers. Echo uses ICMP rather than TCP or UDP so unless your router
> has a setting to drop ICMP echo requests there's not much you can do.
> I couldn't find any reference to this in the manual for your router -
> sorry.

Thanks, i will scour the online settings for this.