Steve Gibson is the guy who wrote the incredible hard drive testing program, SPINRITE.
All done in assembly too. It's too bad he stopped writing OptOut. -JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Lee Roberts |Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 1:01 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] Firewall Testing | | |-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |Hash: SHA1 | |I use grc.com for a quick check of my firewall. It has been |accurate so far. Before I installed my firewall on 8.1, |grc.com reported that some ports were closed and some were |stealth. After installing the firewall, all ports showed |stealth. I trust grc.com implicitly and the guy who runs the |site, Steve Gibson, appears to be trustworthy. He's been |interviewed on Silicon Spin and a few other shows. But, keep |in mind that his site only tests a handful of the ports but |it's good for a quick check. It's best to test your firewall |with nmap or to find someone that you trust that has nmap and |can do a comprehensive test of your firewall. |
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