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    Another Reason why Steve Gibson should not be allowed online.

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    As you so elegantly put in another thread, he should have his fingers cut off, as he wouldn't be able to spread so much cr@p with a head tapper
    That said, GRC is usefull for one thing. Shields up to make sure your firewall has the correct ports closed, blocked or open
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    Shields up is a load of tosh - it instills a false sence of security in people.

    MS have a much better port scan on the ideas.live.com site.
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    Too true; if I hear about SG's vaunted "nanoprobes" once more, I'm going to have to hurt somebody...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moby-Dick
    Shields up is a load of tosh - it instills a false sence of security in people.

    MS have a much better port scan on the ideas.live.com site.
    Dont you have to have been invited to use that site though?
    I see your point, but shieldsup is still usefull if you cant get into ideas.live.com and are just checking config changes on your firewall have applied/worked. I used it when setting up a draytek router as a firewall in non NAT mode.
    I do however hate Steve Gibson. The guy needs his air supply cutting off.
    "In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship."

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    nope - have a look at safety.live.com and see what you think.
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    raw sockets are dangerous.

    :'( guns don't kill people secuirty analysts do... well wannaba medai hound ones make u die inside.
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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    Perhaps the topic title should be changed to read "Another Reason why Steve Gibson should not be allowed."

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    This has been discussed heavily on The Hardware List i'm on over the past week or something.

    As someone pointed out, they are still waiting for t'internet to grind to a hault as Steve predicted all those years go.

    any day now, any day.....


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    I use sheilds up to test certain ports are opened when messin with firewalls, should I shoot myself now...?

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    You'll have to shoot me too as I do the same thing

    added after starting to try the microsoft one and giving up...
    ...and it works in firefox and I dont have to agree to a contract and I dont have to install anything etc... ^_^ I take it that the microsoft scan does more but if you only want to check what ports are open its just annoying.
    Last edited by RedPutty; 25-01-2006 at 12:45 AM.

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    there a lots of other ways of test to see if a port is really open or not.
    Have a read of the shileds up analysis link in nicomach's post for more detail.

    Remeber the MS one is a beta and will actualyl check your machine for port vulnerabililties - its a much more thorough test.

    Penetration testing is much more than looking at open ports , but you can always ask somone to check and telnet them. Go for the human element and you'll get a much better test

    if you just want a pure port scan , which is porbably more use to you than Gibsons Mumbo Jumbo have a look at these ones.

    www.dslreports.com/scan
    scan.sygatetech.com
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moby-Dick
    if you just want a pure port scan , which is porbably more use to you than Gibsons Mumbo Jumbo have a look at these ones.

    www.dslreports.com/scan
    scan.sygatetech.com
    Aha! Just what I was looking for, and that is all I was using shieldsup for.
    "In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship."

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