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Re: External access to PCs / IP etc



Graham,
    I see. As I said ... IP networking a mystery to me.  It has been an item on my todo list for years.  Theres just always something more important. Currently teaching myself Perl is top on my list ... but thats 20-30 items down the list SWMBO has for me.
    robin
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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
-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Edwards [mailto:robin@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 September 2001 20:50
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: [ukha_d] External access to PCs / IP etc

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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