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Title: Hiden IP
Post by: alejandro on January 20, 2005, 09:17:36 PM

Hello,
I would like to know if there is a way of hiding mi IP address of my outside traffic.
Tyred of being bombed with unwanted stuff and port tests.
any Ideas?
TIA
Ale

Title: hiding
Post by: maounique on January 20, 2005, 09:32:47 PM

Unfortunatelly, hiding the IP is not possible, but you can hide (a little) the machine behind it.
Port scanners and similar stuff are programs which run automatically, by selected or random ranges of IPs, so, there is nothing you can do in this field.
You can hide by blocking the ping (ICMP traffic), so the scanner would believe you are not there. But this is not a solution as most default settings in scanners are that your ports would be probed anyway.
Lucky us, we have a secure solution, and this is the SME Server. Most scanners look for windows machines, and known exploitable vulnerabilities. A very important part of scans are automatic ones generated by some virus such as blaster or slapper, or whatever... No worry for them.

Title: Thanks
Post by: alejandro on January 20, 2005, 09:36:13 PM

Many Thanks for your quick and complete answer, thats why this comunity Is great!