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| 819752 | 2009-10-12 10:08:00 | GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2009-10-12 at 10:08:09 Results from scan of ports: 0, 21-23, 25, 79, 80, 110, 113, 119, 135, 139, 143, 389, 443, 445, 1002, 1024-1030, 1720, 5000 0 Ports Open 0 Ports Closed 26 Ports Stealth --------------------- 26 Ports Tested ALL PORTS tested were found to be: STEALTH. TruStealth: PASSED - ALL tested ports were STEALTH, - NO unsolicited packets were received, - NO Ping reply (ICMP Echo) was received. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 819753 | 2009-10-12 10:15:00 | Sorry Mate my brain won't take this in.I don't understand it. PJ Click on proceed, then click all service ports, wait for it to finish, If it says passed thats all good |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 819754 | 2009-10-12 17:34:00 | Ascent's website says it is a "basic" firewall, not a "true" firewall which means it does not have NAT. My understanding is that this means it is no better than the Windows firewall. This might help: en.wikipedia.org As described, the method enables communication through the router only when the conversation originates in the masqueraded network, since this establishes the translation tables. For example, a web browser in the masqueraded network can browse a website outside, but a web browser outside could not browse a web site in the masqueraded network. However, most NAT devices today allow the network administrator to configure translation table entries for permanent use. This feature is often referred to as "static NAT" or port forwarding and allows traffic originating in the 'outside' network to reach designated hosts in the masqueraded network. :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 819755 | 2009-10-12 17:44:00 | Thanks for that Link Metla it's useful to have, I'm in complete stealth mode according to that | gary67 (56) | ||
| 819756 | 2009-10-12 18:19:00 | For most home users, even "closed" is sufficient :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 819757 | 2009-10-12 19:50:00 | Just ran it again, This time from my media PC which has no software firewall installed or enabled. 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. I usually don't have any firewalls installed, Only recently installed Comodo on a couple of my systems to see what was trying to connect out. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 819758 | 2009-10-12 20:57:00 | Hi All. Managed to do Metla's test. Both comps Passed the tes. Even tho Maryann does not have an apparent firewall. Gizmo has Zone Alarm Pro for FREE only today, should I put this on Maryann's computer? PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 819759 | 2009-10-12 21:10:00 | Even if a PC doesnt have a firewall, if you've got a modem/router and its got a firewall, you should be OK. None of these have firewalls either (besides Windows), but the modem has one. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 819760 | 2009-10-12 21:15:00 | Even if a PC doesnt have a firewall, if you've got a modem/router and its got a firewall, you should be OK. None of these have firewalls either (besides Windows), but the modem has one. Apparently our ADSL router D-Link DSL- 504t doesn't have a firewall. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 819761 | 2009-10-12 21:33:00 | Well if you think you need one, you could try zonealarm. I used to use it, (on dialup), but it got too annoying | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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