PS If you are properly stealthed, you will get this report:
Allan
Your system has achieved a perfect "TruStealth" rating. Not a single packet
? solicited or otherwise ? was received from your system as a result of our
security probing tests. Your system ignored and refused to reply to repeated
Pings (ICMP Echo Requests). From the standpoint of the passing probes of any
hacker, this machine does not exist on the Internet. Some questionable
personal security systems expose their users by attempting to "counter-probe
the prober", thus revealing themselves. But your system wisely remained
silent in every way. Very nice.
PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really cool
about it).
Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
confused mass of energy, have created.
-Disturb the mind -
>From: "Allan Mee" <bigalsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Which spyware
>Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:27:43 +0000
>
>
>DialUp has one saving grace - because of the typically 2 hr disconnect, a
>machine with dial-up isn't online for very long before d/c and r/c and
>getting a new IP (although from a pool of similar IPs).
>But while connected is as open to hacker attack as any other machine
>connected to the Internet (which is really just one massive network made up
>of smaller ones).
>ShieldsUp at
>http:\\www.grc.com
>will test your machine for any open ports and some other issues - and
>advice
>you on how well 'stealthed' you are (or not).
>The MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser) tool from Microsoft (you
>can
>d/l it from Microsoft's site) will check for any claring deficiences in
>your
>security and advise of whatever updates you need for Windows, Office and
>other MS software.
>Allan
>
>PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
>number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
>inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really
>cool
>about it).
>
>Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
>confused mass of energy, have created.
>-Disturb the mind -
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez.cunningham@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Which spyware
> >Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:40:29 +0100
> >
> >
> >You can verify the exact time elsewhere, but I remember hearing that the
> >average time from an internet connection being established to the first
> >ping
> >(or similar) from a hacker is a few minutes... so dial-up users are
> >strongly
> >recommended to have a firewall.
> >br
> >Jez
> >
> >
> >On 12/4/06, James King <jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Unless the slip/ppp or other server at the ISP end has a firewall the
> > > only difference between broadband and dial up is the speed you can get
> > > attacked. The point of a firewall is to stop programs connecting to
> > > certain services on your machine and to stop programs anauthorised
> > > programs on your machine connecting to other computers. This can
> > > regardless of how the internet connection is implemented.
> > > James
> > >
> > > Geilfuss Charles wrote:
> > > > Stu,
> > > > I'm hardly an expert in such things, but if you are using
> > > > dial-up I don't think you need a firewall (but it won't hurt); I
>never
> > > > had one until I moved up to broadband.
> > >
> >
> >
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