Re: [PCWorks] ShieldsUp! and XP firewall
- From: Phill Argus <phillarg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:48:57 +1000
Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> Phil are you using a router?
> -Clint
>
> God Bless,
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phill Argus"
>
> 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.
>
>
G'day Clint
Yes I normally use a router but I routinely disable its NAT for tests.
Remembering to reset it has on occasion been a problem..... but I
haven't been caught yet :-) .
Phill
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