[Firewall] What are stealth ports?

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

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Many times I hear about something in firewalls called steal ports, what is it?

 

[Deleted member 178]

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Many times I hear about something in firewalls called steal ports, what is it?

not steal ports =)) but stealth ports.

it is a feature of some firewalls to hide your ports from "ports scanning" and others attempt to remotely access your computer via its ports.

for simplication, your computer is "invisible" to attackers

 

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Many times I hear about something in firewalls called steal ports, what is it?

Hackers are constantly scanning the Internet for computers or networks to exploit,when a port-scanning program encounters a stealth (invisible) port, no reply is received in response to requests for connection.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

not steal ports =)) but stealth ports.

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Thanks very much to both of you for the explanation

 

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no problemo

 

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Your welcome.. Must have been just seconds from each others "Post Reply umbra"