[tor-talk] Stealth mode

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Thu May 30 08:24:10 UTC 2013


> In Mac there is a setting called 'stealth mode.'
> As I understand this setting, a request to a port or ping or somesuch,
> will get no response from the computer at all. No indication that there is
> anything there at all - like a computer.
> Whomever or whatever made the request will not know.
>
> Is stealth mode a setting that will hinder or enhance the use of the Tor Bundle?

Sounds like a typical default closed stateful packet filter for which Tor
as a client is unaffected. You should search to see what it actually does.
Most end users would have no problem with such a setting.


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