Re: Best free firewall software

zzy wrote:
Al Dykes wrote:
. . .
There are a bunch of internet port scanner services that can test you
from the outside. They'll tell you if you have any ports open.

Can you recommend a couple? I mentioned grc.com a couple of days ago and
got only a long list of diatribes against the site and its author, but
no suggestions for alternates.

I know, Usenet is asynchronous, but in
<news:4docbcF1aj3joU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I already suggested Nmap on
linux-sec.net

If GRC is unable to tell me I'm secure from port scans,

There is no way to be secure from port scans, as port scans do not
reduce security. Or is your house less safe if I knock against the door?

Or is there some other advantage to IPCop?

Eh... it works? It's not broken? It's way more flexible? netfilter has
lots of layer 7 NAT helper modules?
.

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