bugtraq - Re: Windows host based firewall tester

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Message-ID: <4355E655.8030504@mortent.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:23:17 +0200
From: Morten Torstensen <morten@...tent.org>
To: Tim <pand0ra.usa@...il.com>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Windows host based firewall tester

Tim wrote:
> http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests.htm
> 
> So, after hearing about Kerio being discontinued I started poking
> around and someone posted a like to this site. Has anyone used this
> site? Some of this seems kinda sketchy to me, especially the testing
> methods. I am probably going to go setup some VM machines sometime and
> test out this software. I would really like to hear about people's
> experiences about this site, if any.

It seems like he only do outbound testing? Not very helpful and quite limited 
then. Outbound protection is important, but not that important. It's a second 
line of defence. I prefer to stop threats before they get inside. A test of 
inbound protection would be more useful, IMHO.

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//Morten Torstensen
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