Re: Query: Filtered Ports I do not use. Should i be worried?

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2007-05-10 Petter Bruland wrote:
> Filtered just means that your firewall / router is responding to the
> port scan saying that there's no such service here.

No.

> The better way (In my opinion) is to block these ports so that the
> person scanning does not get a reply at all.

"filtered" means exactly that: the connection attempt is dropped without
a reply. Otherwise the port would be reported as either "open" or
"closed".

> Might keep someone from trying different ways to get through, as they
> know something is there.

No.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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