[tor-talk] Stealth mode

Lars Noodén lars.nooden at gmail.com
Thu May 30 09:08:55 UTC 2013


On Thu, 30 May 2013, Achter Lieber wrote:
> Is stealth mode a setting that will hinder or enhance the use of the Tor 
> Bundle?

The "stealth" mode menu is weak on information but it appears that it
simply drops packets instead of rejecting them properly.  When that
happens to you or a service you use, that will impair your ability to work.

There are a lot of reasons to not use drop.  In general you are better
off using reject:

http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/why-firewall-reject-rules-are-better-than-firewall-drop-rules/
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~peterb/network/drop-vs-reject

Regards,
/Lars


More information about the tor-talk mailing list