On passwords, securtiy and real -sweat, blook and tears- life

[Markku Kolkka]

A.J. Bonnema kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika sunnuntai, 30. 
huhtikuuta 2006 09:30):
> AFAIK my firewall has all ports closed for both TCP and UDP.
> However, I have no means of checking that this is true.
> Through the site "Shields Up" (www.grc.com) I have been able
> to check that *some* UDP ports are closed (windows related),
> but that is no surprise as I run FC5 and the Windows machines
> are currently not connected.

There are many other security scanning services on the Net with 
more advanced capabilities than grc.com, e.g:

Security Space (registration needed):
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/basic_index.html
PC Flank Advanced Port Scanner:
http://www.pcflank.com/scanner1.htm
DSLReports Port Scan (requires Java browser plug-in):
http://www.dslreports.com/scan

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