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Old 11-28-2005, 05:43 PM   #1
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What do you think of that? Can I trust the results of tests using some firewall, guarddog for example?
 
Old 11-28-2005, 09:01 PM   #2
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I think it does a reasonably fair job. Though I'd recommend using multiple online scans just to make sure the results aren't artifactual or missing something. Ideally you'd want to do a more hands-on rigorous scanning and penentration testing, as scanners like nmap have much more advanced scanning options that can identify weaknesses in certain firewall configurations that standard TCP-Connect scan would miss.
 
Old 11-29-2005, 08:22 AM   #3
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I would also suggest using a vuln scanner like nessus. It can give you a much more detailed report then a port scanner.
 
  


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