The XP firewall is pretty good

**ThAz** · 07-06-2002, 07:52 AM

I tried Shields up to see how secure my comp was and here are the results :

Attempting connection to your computer. . .

Shields UP! is now attempting to contact the Hidden Internet Server within your PC. It is likely that no one has told you that your own personal computer may now be functioning as an Internet Server with neither your knowledge nor your permission. And that it may be serving up all or many of your personal files for reading, writing, modification and even deletion by anyone, anywhere, on the Internet!

Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist!
One or more ports on this system are operating in FULL STEALTH MODE! Standard Internet behavior requires port connection attempts to be answered with a success or refusal response. Therefore, only an attempt to connect to a nonexistent computer results in no response of either kind. But YOUR computer has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND (that's very cool!) which represents advanced computer and port stealthing capabilities. A machine configured in this fashion is well hardened to Internet NetBIOS attack and intrusion.

Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer.
All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet

Pretty cool

**gateways_rule** · 07-06-2002, 09:04 AM

I have my Windows XP Pro. firewall turned off. You can't host games with this on. Also, you can't send file in Windows Messenger.

**jebster** · 07-06-2002, 09:05 AM

Where/How do you test how secure your puter is? I just got McAfee 6 and it came with a firewall and I would like to test it!

I know it works tho cause it stoped a "Newtear" attack aparently!

**ThAz** · 07-06-2002, 09:25 AM

I don´t remember the adress, but there was a link to in on cnn:s techpage, or you can do a search for shieldsup.

**Spineshank** · 07-06-2002, 09:28 AM

Thats pretty cool.

**toblaw** · 07-06-2002, 10:35 AM

Originally posted by jebster
Where/How do you test how secure your puter is? I just got McAfee 6 and it came with a firewall and I would like to test it! I know it works tho cause it stoped a "Newtear" attack aparently!

You can test your puter at www.dslreports.com

**QuiKsiLveR** · 07-06-2002, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by jebster
Where/How do you test how secure your puter is? I just got McAfee 6 and it came with a firewall and I would like to test it! I know it works tho cause it stoped a "Newtear" attack aparently!

This site is where ThAz tested it.

**benneke** · 07-06-2002, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by gateways_rule
I have my Windows XP Pro. firewall turned off. You can't host games with this on. Also, you can't send file in Windows Messenger.

i have it of too for the same reasons

**kuanteen** · 07-06-2002, 11:02 AM

i don't know about that, i've just been hacked...by what it seems is a Trojan...WITH firewall ON...

**richardginn** · 07-06-2002, 11:07 AM

I still say Zone Alarm is the best software fire wall out there.

**ThAz** · 07-06-2002, 11:09 AM

Have you diasbled everything??? My comp is as secure that it can get with xp firewall and it looks pretty secure (atleast according to shields up) The comp will not respond to any "outside" requests. All the accounts are disabled too (except for admin) It´s never wrong to be a bit paraniod

**KickerKid** · 07-06-2002, 12:27 PM

The XP firewall is pretty good against incoming traffic but does nothing against outgoing communication. That is probably why the trojan got passed it kuanteen. Zone alarm and sygate both offer free firewalls that block incoming and outgoing traffic. And im pretty sure they stealth most of the more popularly used ports like 135, 139, and 445. And of course you can always manually disable file and printer sharing if you dont need it, to disable netbios shares.

**Spineshank** · 07-06-2002, 12:36 PM

I think that its full of crap...i dont have anything firwall related on and it says im in full stealth mode as well.

**Wollington** · 07-06-2002, 01:28 PM

Originally posted by richardginn
I still say Zone Alarm is the best software fire wall out there.

And I agree.
I like the sygate test http://scan.sygatetech.com/, it takes a while but seems to do a thorough job.

I run Zonealarm on each system and have the hardware firewall in my router too, Microsofts firewall is the sort of thing included for those that don't know what a firewall is. It provides at least some protection for those that otherwise would have none.

**meat322** · 07-06-2002, 02:06 PM

well i us3e one i got from tucows called tiny personal firewall & sheilds up said i was in full stealth mode

sygate was only able to see my Ip adress thats it

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