Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

Just to add some more thought to this post. A lot of routers come with uPnPcapability enabled. There have been some cases of the router itself having a uPnP vulnerability. I just picked this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Jon Spriggs wrote: > Just to explain why the ping test is probably in Shields-up, is that... > > In times long-gone, and around about when Shields-Up was being created, > many people would be using Dial-up, and even getting a ping from an IP > address in a dial-up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

Just to explain why the ping test is probably in Shields-up, is that... In times long-gone, and around about when Shields-Up was being created, many people would be using Dial-up, and even getting a ping from an IP address in a dial-up range would make you a fair target (as it was likely that woul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 17:52, Colin Law wrote: > On 23 April 2010 17:24, John Matthews wrote: > >> On 23/04/10 16:58, Markie wrote: >> >> Hi John, >> >> >> >>> Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I >>> am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could pin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23 April 2010 17:24, John Matthews wrote: > On 23/04/10 16:58, Markie wrote: > > Hi John, > > >> Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I >> am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could ping me. > > Some routers by default block "WAN pings" some do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 16:58, Markie wrote: Hi John, > Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could ping me. Some routers by default block "WAN pings" some do not. My Sky router has a field called "respond to ping o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

Hi John, > Now that is interesting. I did all the checks, and came back telling me I am 100% in stealth, but I still failed because they could ping me. Some routers by default block "WAN pings" some do not. My Sky router has a field called "respond to ping on WAN port" its checked off. I passed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 12:31, Rob Beard wrote: > On 23/04/10 11:47, John Matthews wrote: > >> Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis >> used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was >> talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 13:12, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 23/04/10 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > >> @Alan Lord..that is very clever I'm impressedalso very >> patronisingand you wonder why it is I react the way I do on here and >> IRC ubuntu-uk. I want to say more. If I understood how it worke

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > @Alan Lord..that is very clever I'm impressedalso very > patronisingand you wonder why it is I react the way I do on here and > IRC ubuntu-uk. I want to say more. If I understood how it worked, I > wouldnt have needed to ask. The way I see it, y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 12:22, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 11:51 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthews wrote: >> >>> Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis >>> used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 11:51, Alan Pope wrote: > On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthews wrote: > >> Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis >> used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was >> talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 11:47, John Matthews wrote: > Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis > used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was > talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. > How do you do that? Is there any softwa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 11:51 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthews wrote: > > Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis > > used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was > > talking about checking ports to see if they are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/10 11:47, John Matthews wrote: > Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis > used, the more viruses will get written for it. If you think about it, a great deal of the world's business and network infrastructure runs on Unix and Linux systems. There are fundame

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthews wrote: > Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis > used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was > talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. > How do you do that? Is there any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/2010 11:47, John Matthews wrote: > Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis > used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was > talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. > How do you do that? Is there any so

[ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. How do you do that? Is there any software, or can it be done via the Terminal. Can