From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ph4ke Subject: Re: How to make a computer invisible Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:59:17 +0000 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <200312010959.17547.deff@sadomain.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Hi,=20 maybe i should add my two cents asswell=20 i would say that if you wanna make a node invisible, then just get iptabl= es=20 to reject everything that tries to initiate a connection.=20 if the host is going to be a firewall, i like to make a bridge, put my=20 iptables rules on it, then take of the IP address of the bridge. This will make the host invisible, in the sense that no-one will be able = to=20 connect, but some clever ppl might figure out that something sits between= =20 them and other hosts.=20 maybe this can help you --=20 ph4ke