[TriLUG] IRC question

[Owen Berry]

In case you need a hand scanning your ports, go to http://grc.com and
use the ShieldsUp tool to scan for open ports.

- Owen

On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 12:16, Tarus Balog wrote:

> Check to see what ports are open on the firewall, accessible from the  
> outside world, especially SOCKS.
> 
> When I used DirecPC, I had to use a Windoze proxy server. I ran into  
> this until I shut down pretty much everything originating in the  
> outside world. Sorry I can't be more specific, but after playing with  
> the firewall settings, it just went away.
> 
> -T
> 
> P.S. You could also have someone port scan your IP from the outside  
> world to see what's open.