On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 13:19 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > filtered != open > > Filtered means that a firewall, filter, > or other network obstacle is blocking the port so that Nmap cannot tell whether > it is open or closed. -- man nmap I wish nmap would call "filtered" by a more accurate description: "broken." Firewalls and routers must send back that the port is closed, not just silently ignore the connection. That's in the STDs. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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