Re: [PCWorks] ShieldsUp! and XP firewall
- From: Phill Argus <phillarg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:10:38 +1000
Peter Kaulback wrote:
> Hello listers,
>
> I was at my in-laws house this past weekend and ran the Shields Up! test
> on their computers, https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2. They have XP
> pro on all 3 with only the Windows firewall running and the NAT on the
> router running.
>
> Each computer failed the test with most ports being reported as closed
> rather than stealthed like they should be. So I turned off my Comodo
> firewall and turned on the XP firewall and only the ping made it
> through, then I turned off the windows firewall and tested the Comodo
> firewall. Upon running the test on the Comodo firewall it left the RPC
> open. Strange.
>
> So I tried the test on Linux and Mac and they both let ping through but
> stealthed everything else exactly like the XP firewall. Both Linux and
> Mac filter outbound transmissions unlike the XP firewall but all 3
> performed better than Comodo, if only slightly.
>
> Peter Kaulback
>
>
G'day Peter
May be the settings of your Comodo Peter, I hadn't done a check with
GRC for some time and your email reminded me!
Results below with XP firewall OFF.
GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2009-04-14 at 23:53:57
Results from scan of ports: 0-1055
0 Ports Open
0 Ports Closed
1056 Ports Stealth
---------------------
1056 Ports Tested
ALL PORTS tested were found to be: STEALTH.
TruStealth: PASSED - ALL tested ports were STEALTH,
- NO unsolicited packets were received,
- NO Ping reply (ICMP Echo) was received.
Phill
South Gippsland AU
As if fires and drought weren't enough, this morning we cop storms with
115Kph winds.
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