2007/8/12, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Johnny Rosenberg > > > > P.S. Will someone please try to attack me so I can verify that the > > firewall > > at least does something? D.S. > > > To test that your fire wall is or isn't doing its job properly, surf over > to > GRC.com and take the 'shields up' test ( > http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2) > ... By testing all common ports (or what ever other test you wish to do), > you can see exactly what your Internet profile is... > > /paul >
Tried that link. Seemed that the site couldn't get any information about my computer except that it seemed to respond to ping. Anyone who know if I can set it not to do that? OS=Linux, Dist=Ubuntu 7.04, "Firewall" front-end=Firestarter. Among other things, the site said that "All attempts to get *any*information from your computer have *FAILED*. (This is *very* uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be *VERY SECURE* since it is *NOT exposing ANY* of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet." Well, what can I say? My PC is not Windows networking-based, is it? Well, that was only one of the test, but as I said, it responded to ping, which I guess would be nice to prevent. Johnny Rosenberg
