I don't think so... If my firewall is configured to REJECT, it send out a 
lot of tcp informations, the ones used for tcp fingerprinting. I know tcp 
fingerprinting is not the only tecnique used to gain informations about a 
system, but in my opinion, my firewall shoud give away as little info as 
possible.. 
my .02

Dido

On 6/28/05, Norman H. Azadian <norman at azadian dot ch> wrote:
> 
> 
> So it seems the only advantage of stealth mode is to slow down scanners by
> about a factor of 3. The disadvantage is that I can't ping my domain to
> see if anybody's home. Obviously there are other ways to tell, but none
> quite as handy as the ping.
>