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Date Posted: 14:40:52 03/24/00 Fri
Author: bnimble
Subject: Beware girl scouts and others bearing coooookies.
In reply to: GF 's message, "Re: Does something wicked your way come?" on 08:51:25 03/22/00 Wed

> > Suggestion:
> >
> > Go to grc.com and get your ports and shields
> > probed. [Sounds obscene, don't it? but I
> > do it fairly often. :-)]
> >
> > Then go to zonelabs.com and download and install
> > Zone Alarm then go back to grc.com and get probed
> > again.
> >
> > I've done all this and am impressed with the results.
> > It was an eye-opener to me.
>
> Went there, did that. Got my ports and stuff probed.
> They basically told me they were shocked that their
> probes failed on all counts. But they told me not to
> get complacent (good advice), that there were those
> who at this very moment are working on methods to get
> through firewalls such as mine.

IOW, your ports were "closed"?

Mine were also before installing Zone Alarm.

After installing ZA and setting security to
high, all ports were "stealth" ala Klingon
war ship. This was all rather comforting...
for now.

> Good tip, though. I will try it again periodically and
> when I upgrade.
>
> One tip that I'm sure you're aware of: Accept no
> cookies from strangers!

I use Luckman's Anonymous Cookie. Luck eats
'em.

You might also want to check The Cleaner. It
searches and eats trojans. Didn't find any.

Man, thur's a lot of shit out there wanting
you and me for breakfast. Glad I got my very
own coooookie monster too.

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