Firewall Tests

Posted by admin on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 6:49 pm.

How safe/secure is your computer right now? You can do a check on-line by going to the ShieldsUP! website: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
and find out!

Click on the “Continue” button when you get there and then do the first check on “File Sharing”. You might be surprised at what you find or get a “Perfect security” result. After that, click on “Common Ports” and see what happens. Then click on “All Service Ports”.

There are other tests you can do like “Messenger Spam” and “Browser Headers”. They’re good, too, but a little bit more complicated. Definitely worthwhile.

Your internet connection flows both ways: stuff coming in and stuff going out, (downloads and uploads). Your security measures have to monitor both directions and do it effectively.

There are many firewall programs available which do just that. Unfortunately, they are not all good at it, (some are better than others). Some of the best free ones include ZoneAlarm, Comodo and Kerio. Note that the firewall that comes installed with Windows XP is not good at all! The one that comes with Windows Vista is better but still not good enough.

So - How is your firewall protecting you? (You do have one, don’t you?) It’s better to be sure than sorry.

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9 Comments on “Firewall Tests”

  1. nich says:

    whoa.. this is very useful :)

    apalagi setelah tahu, sistem ku bener-bener SECURE :D Jadi makin bangga dengan Ubuntu ini.

    June 17th, 2008 at 3:53 am

  2. t i n i says:

    Makin getol nih mbak maintain kompi nya. Iya bener, pencegahan lbh baik dari pengobatan ya..? Tx infonya.

    June 17th, 2008 at 8:45 am

  3. cewek_culun says:

    bolleh juga nih infonya. daku sering juga bermasalah dengan firewall ini..

    June 17th, 2008 at 10:16 am

  4. Kuring says:

    :D:D teteh eta info naon coba nulis na pake bahsa sunda tong ku inggrisstts

    June 17th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

  5. masenchipz says:

    hwek…. tes…tes… o… my system vry scre…. horeee…hiks…hiks… :santai:

    June 17th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

  6. admin says:

    :lidah: good :thumbup:

    June 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

  7. tontowi says:

    sorry g` nyambung..
    tapi ada kabar dari pelosok… :isin:

    June 18th, 2008 at 1:30 am

  8. Gelandangan says:

    wah kembali lagi deh bahasa elien nya :(

    Sekalian Numpang Promosi ahhh
    Mau kenal Budaya Bugis disini artikelnya http://lagaligo.net/2008/06/bugis-ku/

    June 18th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

  9. carra says:

    *colek2* teh… teh… ada yg bisa direkomendasiin ga firewall apa yg bagus… klo bisa sih yg gretong gituh :P :D

    June 19th, 2008 at 12:26 pm