how do you kjnow if your firewall works?

asianboi2k · n00b Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 50

I was wondering about this for a few days, and since all the scanner I have seen are either windows based or mac based, how do you guys know if your firewall is working?

Chickpea · l33t Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 846 Location: Vancouver WA

i go to http://scan.sygate.com every once in a while to check my system.

you can also go to grc.com and do their shields up probe. It does basically the same as sygate but not as thorough

Edition · n00b Joined: 15 Mar 2003 Posts: 14 Location: Norway

emerge nmap

And use 'nmapfe'. The best scanner available.
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AlterEgo · Veteran Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 1619

psp · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 1:03 pm Post subject:

Nessus is pretty good too