Re: Vulnerability and Penetration Testing?

Ross M. Greenberg wrote:
> This seems to be useful for testing my local machine, but I can't see how to
> put a remote IP or hostname into it before hitting that red button.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Ross
> "Anders" <andersajja@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2jTUf.49662$d5.206309@newsb.telia.net...
>
>>Ross M. Greenberg wrote:
>>
>>>I'm in the process of evaluating some software firewalls. I want to test
>>>their effectiveness by running some remote vulnerability and penetration
>>>tests on my local box. Local box running the test on is running windows
>>>XP. The firewall is running on some version of Linux.
>>>
>>>The tester software has to be freely downloadable.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Ross M. Greenberg
>>
>>You don't have to down load nessus just to scan you're
>>network from the outside.
>>There is one site unfortunately it is in swedish but the result is in
>>english.
>>
>>https://www.testadatorn.se/ just click on the red button and the test will
>>start (it can take a little more than 30min), just remember not to close
>>you're browser during the test.
>>
>>It is a better test then the ShieldsUP on http://www.grc.com.
>>
>>/Anders
>
>
>
Don't you do the connection through you're firewall..?
If so, you will scann both you're local and the firewall machines
but if you only want to scan you're local machine you have to connect it
directly to the net.
/Anders
Received on Mon May 1 01:01:57 2006