On Oct 29, 2016 17:43, <rhubarbpieguy at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I ask this of Linux users how they test their firewall from time to time. I'm often referred to reports. However, It makes no sense to me to have software grade itself. Reporting what was detected doesn't tell me what's out there, it tells me what was detected. > > Are there outside options other than "Shields UP!!" from Gibson Research Corporation. I've heard good and bad. > > Don't recall what service you mention. However, having Linux and BSD FWs for many years I relied on nmap scans to give myself a idea. Also, there's netalyzr for Android that you can look into, and at one point I had Snort running. On Oct 29, 2016 17:43, <rhubarbpieguy at gmail.com> wrote: I ask this of Linux users how they test their firewall from time to time. I'm often referred to reports. However, It makes no sense to me to have software grade itself. Reporting what was detected doesn't tell me what's out there, it tells me what was detected. Are there outside options other than "Shields UP!!" from Gibson Research Corporation. I've heard good and bad. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20161029/9662500b/attachment.html>