[DM-MUG] someone pinging my address

[Ray Bowler]

I am using OS 10.6.4 on a new iMac. I have looked in System Preferences > security and >sharing and don't see anyway to fix thiis. 

On Aug 20, 2010, at Aug 20, 20104:02 PM, Jeremy Geerdes wrote:

> Single pings should not be a huge deal, but for ultimate security, you could set up your firewall or computer to not even respond to that.
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> On Aug 20, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Ray Bowler wrote:
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>> I was just at a site which tests the security of a computer. Since I initiated the contact it had my web address. Everything seems to be in stealth mode except the fact that it can ping my address. Is this a problem? 
>> 
>> Ray Bowler
>> rbowler at mchsi.com
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Ray Bowler
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