My point being that that (in my example) there is no way to differentiate. Security by obfucasion/doubt, no certainty. Unlike your 'definite' .
I think I am/we are thinking of two distinct setups/talking at cross purposes.
Thank you for the brief exchange of views.
Yes. Aren't we talking about boxes, which are connected via Modem, DSL, $WHATEVER to the Internet, and "protected" by the "stealthing" feature of a "Personal Firewall", so their IP-address is "hidden"?
I just wanted to explain, why this cannot work.
Of course, it is possible to completely hide an host in a network - just _never_ send anyting to any other host, use the connection read only.
That includes, do not "load" webpages, do not send or receive E-Mail with this host.
In such a scenario, the host is invisible to the rest of the network. Sometimes, one is doing this for sniffing purposes, for example.
Yours, VB.
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