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

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

Thank you for your advice.

Regards.


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