On 14 Oct 2003 23:33:06 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

(Richard Cranium) wrote:
"Brainbuster" wrote in message
If you're in "stealth" mode, your ISP will ping you repeatedly to see
if there's really someone online at that port, but your firewall won't
give them any information.

Mine does it too. (broadband)

I see that quite often on my T1's, they have monitors that check the
connections. They don't monitor traffic, they just look for a live
connections.