http://www.grcsucks.com/
which led me to this one:
http://blog.netwarriors.org/d/musings/misc/2002/10/30/shieldsup_analyzed
It looks like this person used a packet sniffer to see what exactly Shields Up! does. And it also comments on the language used on grc.com, which I would agree is really inappropriate (to much self-importance and hype.) I didn't realize that Shields Up! did as little as it did. Almost not worth using.
There is actually a follow-up article from emails that he received, but it really didn't add anything. Still, you can find it fairly quickly with some poking.
What looks to be a better port tester is at this site:
http://hackerwhacker.com
I didn't try it, but I saw it recommended a few times from a usenet search. Since I didn't plan on doing it, I didn't look further.
Eric
Douglas Alan wrote:
miah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Shields up is the biggest joke around. I'm really saddened that you even mentioned it.
Why's that? It seems to work fine when I've used it. I wouldn't necessarily read all the endless annoying verbiage on the site, however -- just get your port scan and get out.
One can also use the port-scanning tool at dsreports.com, but that one isn't as clear about what it has found or what ports it is scanning, while Shield's Up is very clear in this regards. Except that I'm that I'm not sure if the Shield's Up one does UDP scanning, while the one at dslreport clearly indicates that it does.
|>oug
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