No offence taken Jim, don't know if Steve's listening to this forum, but I have read a few articles on the 'net regarding some of his applications, but being a diplomatic guy, I try not to "gong the bell" on things I'm not 100% proficient on :), anyway, I'm learning... Cheers -----Original Message----- From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 30 October 2003 16:01 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Port Scanners http://www.ISAserver.org Hi William, That was not meant to be an attack on you, just Steve. The man wouldn't know a clue if it hit him in the head with a lead pipe in the kitchen. ;-) Jim Harrison MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison/ http://isatools.org Read the help / books / articles! On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:13:23 +0200 "William Robertson" <robertson.william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: http://www.ISAserver.org Aye Jim, thanks for your input. I am aware that there is a strong opinion out there that Steve Gibson's articles/apps are a bit dodgy (being naïve I couldn't say this for myself), but knowing this, it is the reading of these articles that helps me to expand my (limited) knowledge. Granted, I need to know that they are invalid first, so that I can find out later what makes them invalid. As always, thanks for your feedback. Cheers -----Original Message----- From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 29 October 2003 16:14 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Port Scanners http://www.ISAserver.org <soapbox> GRC.com? Sorry William, but I wouldn't trust Steve Gibson to shave in the morning. He's the one with primary responsibility for "stealth" and "open a port" in the public mind. His tools are crap. "LeakTest, for instance raises a BRF (big red flag) if you allow FTP through the firewall. Unfortunately, most folks DO allow FTP outbound. his "theories" are crap (remember the "raw IP in Windows" panic he raised a couple of years ago?) and his web site is little more than a panic-driving web-tabloid. </soapbox> Also, bear in mind that online scanning, no matter how well written, is only as accurate as the traffic policies in the devices between you and the scanning app. For instance, an ICMP unreachable response to the scanner's request may flag as "ok", but not if it came from an intermediate device. I'll bet may of the public scanning sites don't even validate this small, but important point. My fav's: - online - www.qualys.com. They are fast, accurate and don't use "pop networking" terminology or recent events to create a demand for their serviceor products. - offline - scanline from www.foundstone.com. You place it on a host just outside your ISA and let 'er rip. You compare the scanline eport with your ISA logs and YOU KNOW the state of your firewall policies. http://www.foundstone.com/index.htm?subnav=resources/navigation.htm&subconte nt=/resources/proddesc/scanline.htm Jim Harrison MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison/ http://isatools.org Read the help / books / articles! On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:59:31 +0200 "William Robertson" <robertson.william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: http://www.ISAserver.org ShieldsUP (My favourite) - https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Outbound - http://www.hackbusters.net/ob.html LeakTest (More for personal firewalls, but interesting nonetheless) - http://grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm Internet Storm Center (Just general interest regarding ports being used in the WWW) - http://isc.incidents.org/ FireHole (Just for Interest's sake) - http://keir.net/firehole.html BackStealth (Also more for outbound communication) - http://edu.supereva.it/piorio/backstealth.htm?p FoundStone (If you're concerned about ports etc, then it's always good to know what these guys are doing) - http://www.foundstone.com/ Cheers William R. -----Original Message----- From: Johnson, Richard (NY Int) [mailto:rjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 28 October 2003 19:06 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] Port Scanners http://www.ISAserver.org Can anyone recommend some port scanning sites that will tell me every single port open on a server? 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