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Larry_OHF · 01-18-2008, 10:06 PM

Thanks for that link! My test results:

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.
Internet Common Ports Probe:
0 Ports Open
1 Ports Closed
1055 Ports Stealth
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1056 Ports Tested

NO PORTS were found to be OPEN.

Spam Test: Failed to Spam

Browser Test: Inconclusive, but appears to be okay.

Overall, I feel a lot better...BTW, my firewall was made by Microsoft. And its old.

01-18-2008, 10:06 PM	#22
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 49 Posts: 14,759	Re: Firewalls- recommendations? Thanks for that link! My test results: 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. Internet Common Ports Probe: 0 Ports Open 1 Ports Closed 1055 Ports Stealth --------------------- 1056 Ports Tested NO PORTS were found to be OPEN. Spam Test: Failed to Spam Browser Test: Inconclusive, but appears to be okay. Overall, I feel a lot better...BTW, my firewall was made by Microsoft. And its old. __________________ Last edited by Larry_OHF; 01-18-2008 at 10:08 PM.