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Re: [OT] scanning a server
- Subject: Re: [OT] scanning a server
- From: "David Buckley" <db@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:16:44 -0000
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@s...> wrote:
> But Shieldsup doesn't allow you to enter an IP address does it?
Correct - but thats the whole idea. It checks what the outside
world thinks of your connection. The connection goes "through"
your
NAT to the target.
To look inside the network you just need a port scanner. The
official tool is nmap, but thats too geeky by a few orders of
magnitude - us "normal" folks can use either Superscan (free)
http://www.sofotex.com/SuperScan-download_L14815.html
or WS_Ping
ProPack pro from http://www.ipswitch.com/downloads/index.html
(trialware) - both are adequate. Theres probably dozens of others.
> An easy way to check "from the outside" is the shields up
tool
> at http://www.grc.com. Please ignore
the politics about
> the individual who runs this site and company, just use the tool.
Someone didnt get the hint, did they...
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