Two security questions about Window XP Pro and IE6

Is there anyway other than through a 3rd party firewall to
put a computer into a stealth mode? ZoneAlarm has an
option to hide the "private header". I'm using IE6 with
latest updates.

Does WindowsXP Pro with latest updates have any ability to
help a computer resist the urge to answer a ping?

Thanks in advance for your time and help.

helper
Tue Sep 23 14:12:57 CDT 2003

Yes

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/networking/icf.asp

"Incoming echo requests "

Consider using these free (for home use) tool:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_download.html


"Zena" <> wrote in message news:075501c38205$9e96dbc0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Is there anyway other than through a 3rd party firewall to
> put a computer into a stealth mode? ZoneAlarm has an
> option to hide the "private header". I'm using IE6 with
> latest updates.
>
> Does WindowsXP Pro with latest updates have any ability to
> help a computer resist the urge to answer a ping?
>
> Thanks in advance for your time and help.