Checking On Your Security

How secure is your system? If you're running on cable or DSL, this is an important question since you're connected to the Internet any time your computer is active. Even if you're using a modem, you're susceptible to intrusion while you're connected to the Internet.

There are two sites that we like to use to evaluate our system security. One is DSL Reports -- a site that will scan your ports and then provide you with a report. The other site we've mentioned before -- Steve Gibson's Shields Up! site. You can elect to test your shields, or you can do a port scan on the ports most often accessed by intruders. Or, you can run both tests.

Click here for DSL Reports. http://www.dslreports.com/scan

Click here for the Shields Up! site. http://www.grc.com

- Sue Whitehouse

-- Anonymous, May 10, 2001