Many thanks to everyone who sent me e-mail after my request for assistance
:)
I've made some alterations to my firewall rules and already I'm finding less
port scans, port 113 was obviously giving the scanners a good base to work
from! :-)
It was suggested to me that the free on-line security scanners were a good
way to check my firewall but I'm a little suspicious of those (particularly
as I 'need info'). I did try two sites and they reported that my PC was
adequately protected.
Next questions then, if someone would be so good:
Are the net security services worth trying as a 'semi-serious' means to
establish PC security holes?
Are there any good, reliable & 'safe' sites that anyone can recommend for
auto scanning of my PC firewall config?
I tried and failed to queue for hours for a security scan at
http://www.secure-me.net/ any faster alternatives please?
Many thanks!
Regards
Need Info
P.S. Thanks Mark, that's a lot of reading!
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I previously uttered the following things:
: Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:21:30 +0100
: From: "Need Information" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: Subject: PC Internet Security Assistance
:
: Hi. I was a new PC user two years ago and am still trying to work through
: the mass of loopholes, net security issues & hack attempts of course :(
: I'm wondering if anyone has any URLs of reliable (?) sources of help in
: configuring PC firewalls. I'm trying out Norton Internet Security V1
: combined with BlackIce Defender 2.1.45 and I KNOW that the config is way
out
: :(
: Any help would be great :)
: Thanks
: Need Info
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