I use www.grc.com Then follow links to Sheilds-up as a starting point. Check all service ports.
And yes some ports may be open for intrusion detection if your firewall has it.(like snapgears, but you can turn it off) What firewall do you have ? Andrew Cameron. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Christie > Sent: Tuesday, 19 September 2006 9:30 PM > To: GPCG_Talk > Subject: [GPCG_TALK] Testing a firewall > > I'm in the throes of applying for level 2 Broadband for > Health payment. > I'm supposed to check my firewall regularly. > I've checked hackerwatch.org and it really did not give a > straight answer if the site is secure. > May I ask how does one do this properly? > If the scan shows some ports to be open is this necessarily bad? > Some direction here would be gratefully accepted. > Rgds > Michael Christie > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
