On Jun 29, 2007, at 9:09, Adam Maas wrote: > Cotty wrote: >> On 28/6/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> I have a firewall in my base station that masks the internal network >>> from external view without permission, John. Nothing gets to my >>> system from the outside without my knowing it. >> >> Godders, can you recommend a good web site where a test can be >> done on >> the user's home security methods? >> > > Most such test sites are inherently broken as they test from the > same machine that you opened the connection to, which will allow > that machine back through many stateful firewalls. >
I've found that the "Shields Up!" utility on www.grc.com does a fair job of evaluating what's open and what's not. There are a lot of other handy free utilities there as well. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org I am riding in the MS-TRAM this summer. Please consider sponsoring me! http://charles.robinsontwins.org/mstram.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
