----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:50
PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] External access
to
PCs / IP etc
The
GRC site is very useful and I would certainly recommend everyone to visit
it
to identify potential vulnerabilities in their systems. Unfortunately it
couldn't have saved my web server as the virus entered via the web port
which
has to be open on a web server ! The only defence in my case would
have
been up to date patching.
Graham
Folks,
I've watched the discussions on IIS,
worms and ports/PCs being probed from external locations over the last few
days. I've never professed (that doesnt look to be spelt right)
to bein an person that understands IP networking but on it
potential for exposure seems high. Reading uk.comp.home.netowrking
today I saw somebody pointing to http://grc.com/ . The guy there offers
a
service called Sheilds up! which supposedly tests out how secure your PC is
to 'baddies' on the internet. Has anybody tried it? I remember
trying it, maybe a year ago and from what I remember it showed up number of
problems I had. Since then I've installed Wingate and enabled its
firewall. This time Sheilds Up! could not get in.
Two reasons for posting this, firstly,
any comments, anybody else tried Shields up! and secondly maybe it is of
use
to some others (assuming it works fine)
regards,
robin
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