Hi George, I'm trying to figure this out as well. The shields up results state, "one or more of your system's ports actively responded to our deliberate attempts to establish a connection." I'm trying to figure out what the active response was and what it means. I think I'll have to hit up one of the grc.com mailing lists. Mike On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 04:15:22 +0300, George Alexandru Dragoi <waruiinu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am > curious how that test explain the manner HOW the ports are opened. > Maybe they are just not filtered. > >