Re: Firewall verification
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www.grc.com is the site I used to use for this but they seem to be down
right now for some reason. They have a pretty good port scanner though.
~ You could always install nessus on a machine and attack it with that,
it will give you a report of what it is doing.
Sami Dalouche wrote:
| I think there are website that allow scanning of your computer..
| you should try these free services..
| Sam
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| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Robert Ian Smit" <robian@wanadoo.nl>
| To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
| Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:09 PM
| Subject: Firewall verification
|
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|>Hi,
|>
|>I have installed Shorewall and tried to edit the configuration to my
|>needs. I did this by apt-getting the package and then manually editing
|>the various /etc/shorewall/ files. I more or less copied the sample
|>configuration from the shorewall website.
|>
|>I have no idea if my machine is now actually safer or less safe than
|>before. I intend to do some reading on the basics, but just for now I
|>would feel more secure if I knew my setup is reasonable.
|>
|>I have one pc using pppoe for a cable modem always on connection. I want
|>to browse the web, do mail, download by ftp and apt and perhaps small
|>things like accessing cddb or freedb.
|>
|>I guess the output from "shorewall status" would give an indication of
|>the firewall setup. Would someone be willing to take a look at this
|>output? If so, I will post a follow-up or send it directly. Or perhaps
|>there is another way to do a basic check?
|>
|>Thanks,
|>Bob
|>
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