How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home Bas

[AChung]

Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its
Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my PC
invisible on the Internet.

 

[Mr. Arnold]

"AChung" <AChung@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6B19A99D-5187-4ABB-B424-BA9F88CC43AD@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its
> Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my
> PC
> invisible on the Internet.

Ipsec is on Vista but I don't know about Home Basic.

http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_traffic_with_ipsec.htm

If you want the machine to be invisable to the the Internet with all inbound
unsolicited traffic block to the machine by default, then put the machine
behind a NAT router.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

 

[BillD]

"AChung" wrote:

> Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its
> Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my PC
> invisible on the Internet.

By default, "Ping reply" is disabled.
By default, with Windows Vista firewall all computers are invisible on the
Internet

 

[AChung]

Re: How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home

Dear Mr Arnold

Thank you for your detailed information.

Regards.


"Mr. Arnold" wrote:

>
> "AChung" <AChung@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6B19A99D-5187-4ABB-B424-BA9F88CC43AD@microsoft.com...
> > Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its
> > Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my
> > PC
> > invisible on the Internet.
>
> Ipsec is on Vista but I don't know about Home Basic.
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_traffic_with_ipsec.htm
>
> If you want the machine to be invisable to the the Internet with all inbound
> unsolicited traffic block to the machine by default, then put the machine
> behind a NAT router.
>
> http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp
>
>

 

[AChung]

RE: How to disable ICMP echo requests (Ping) on Windows Vista Home

Hi, BillD

Thank you for your advice.

Regards.


"BillD" wrote:

>
>
> "AChung" wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to disable Ping reply on Windows Vista Home Basic or its
> > Windows Firewall? The setting is recommended by GRC's ShieldsUP making my PC
> > invisible on the Internet.
>
> By default, "Ping reply" is disabled.
> By default, with Windows Vista firewall all computers are invisible on the
> Internet