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 Firewall testing
I am attempting to test my firewall. What is the best and most through
site in the net which will give me a report of problems with my
firewall?

Thanks,
Todd

Please respond via e-mail if possible.



 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing

I have used Steve Gibson's "Shields UP!" website. While he is targeting
Windows systems, it still is useful for testing firewalls as it probes
common services.

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

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 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing

www.mycio.com does a {*filter*}cop scan. The best. It costs about $80 per scan and
you have to buy a minimun of 6 scans so $480 bucks get you going.

http://www.**-**.com/ will give you a FULL 65534 TCP scan for
$5.00, yes, 5.00. Or you can get unlimited scans for a month for
$9.95. Come to think of it, I don't know if the {*filter*}cop scan is a
full 65534 port scan or not. I suspect not since it finishes so
quickly. It's a very new site (3 days) so I haven't had a chance to
really analyze their scan. I use {*filter*}cop so I know the power it has.

I'd recommend going to http://www.**-**.com/ and doing their thing
first. You can't go wrong for that cheap. If you need more, then use
the www.mycio.com.

Wally

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 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing

Or you can ask your friend to download nmap, saint etc and scan you for
free. You can even scan your own box absolutely free. Install Linux and
do it yourself, i can imagine that 5$ is quite cheap for a person that
does not have the time or knowledge to install a unix system, but the
tools are out there, absolutely free.

What else than an nmap scan does hackerwhacker offer for $5 ?



 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing

You said it brother. Can I get a Amen?

We used to have a $2.00 shave and haircut but some clown convinced
everyone they could cut their own hair free and didn't need to pay.

Wally

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 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing
On 13 Feb 2000 06:10:03 -0800,
 Wally Whacker, in the persona of <whac...@whacker1.hackerwhacker.com>,
 brought forth the following words...:

Why not just get a copy of nmap and do the scan yourself for
free? Or use Saint. Beats the heck out of paying for it.

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 Thu, 01 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing

Do you pass any of that $5-$10 onto the programmer of nmap?



 Fri, 02 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing

To properly test a firewall, you would need to run the nmap or
saint from another remote network...not everybody has access to this.

<snip>
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 Fri, 02 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing
In article <m1hffcn7ag....@whacker1.hackerwhacker.com>, Wally Whacker <whac...@whacker1.hackerwhacker.com> writes:

My girlfriend gave me a haircat just yesterday. For free. Took us
about one hour though.
I used to have my hair cut for $10, it took about 20 mins.
What's the better way? There can't be no clear answer. Depends on
how much your time is worth and how good the friend works for you.

Jens



 Fri, 02 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing

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 Sat, 03 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing
In article <38A64372.967A...@mail.org>, Todd Hargis <har...@mail.org> says:

http://www.cotse.com/refs.htm

will do an NMAP scan on you. Don't reject/deny ICMP ping for this test-
it won't go on (at least it didn't when I used it last) if there's no
ICMP ECHO_REPLY from you.

        -Kenny

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 Tue, 06 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 Firewall testing

These are valid concerns, but relative to what? Even if you run nmap
yourself, did you personally inspect every line of the source code to
guarantee there are no bugs that would make it miss a port? If you
want, you can open up a "sucker" port on purpose with netcat and see
if HackerWhacker catches it.

netstat -a is a tool everyone should run. If you've only got one
machine, without a firewall, netstat should be all you need. The
original HackerWhacker was written for sysadmins to test firewall
situations. However, the recent popularity of personal firewalls has
made it indespensable to individuals also. If you aren't just doing a
"DENY EVERYTHING", firewall rules can be tricky and misconfiguration
an ever present danger.

I think if you open up a random "sucker" port and see if HackerWhacker
catches it, you'll convince yourself we do a complete job.

I protect my own systems using HackerWhacker. Privacy policy prevents
me from revealing how many other Remote Scanning sites do also.

Wally

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 Tue, 06 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT   
 
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