Actually, portsentry may very well be doing it's job. If you're running
it in advanced or stealth mode, ports may look open to a scan even
though they are secured. forget what the default config is like, but I
remember that when I started to use it, scans would show that I had
ports open even though there was nothing there.
FYI,
Kenny
Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > Try http://www.secure-me.net/
> >
> > Jerry
>
> Wow !
>
> After waiting almost an hour, these folks ran a scan and I flunked, even though
> I have portsentry installed (to its credit it detected a bunch of stuff during
> the scan).
>
> My portsentry installation is purely the default. I have made no effort to
> configure it. But now I will.
>
> The secure-me people require a log in and ask for some information that would
> make their job easier, but you can answer "other" to all questions. The free
> scan is probably pretty weak and I didn't do so well. If you buy a license
> you'll probably get a better scan, but the free scan is worth a try.
>
> After I get a chance to degest my logs and the report from secure-me I'll
> report more to the group. But this is worth checking out.
>
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