How secure is my computer when I'm running a Linksys Cable / DSL router? Since I am running NAT and no computer is on the internet directly, should I still run a firewall?
How secure am I with Linksys a router?
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That Linksys Router has built in firewall properties therefore, you have some security there. Although most routers have firewall properties, they are not full-blown firewalls, and you can still purchase a separate machine to act as a firewall. Unless you have some top secret, ultra-confidential documents that cyberthieves will *really* want to break into (and they are aware that its sitting on your machine), then your Linksys Router's firewall properties are fine...
Ooof.. that was a long-winded sentence, don't you think?
Ooof.. that was a long-winded sentence, don't you think?
I am good and dandy...
all secure here... sometimes I can't even get out myself (kidding, unless DSL is down, then )
all secure here... sometimes I can't even get out myself
(kidding, unless DSL is down, then )I could be wrong, but I don't think that there's such thing as 100% secure. There are known exploits for just about any firewall/router combination. But you're probably 99% secure. The major key to a successful blockade of potential perpertuator is not to reveal the type of security you have.
I'm running ZoneAlarm with Linksys Router. I use IRC, and under Shields UP! test, port 113(IDENT) shows up CLOSED. With ZoneAlarm, the port shows up STEALTH.
So without the router and with ZoneAlarm its stealth or with the router and ZoneAlarm its stealth?
dont mean to pull up an old thread...
the router by itself is good enough. it is redundant to run zonealarm since the ports that zonealarm protects are not even visible outside the router unless you open those ports purposely.
the router by itself is good enough. it is redundant to run zonealarm since the ports that zonealarm protects are not even visible outside the router unless you open those ports purposely.
It may be a scam, but after installing a Linksys router, I went to the ShieldsUp test site. https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
Here's the result:
Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist! One or more ports on this system are operating in FULL STEALTH MODE! Standard Internet behavior requires port connection attempts to be answered with a success or refusal response. Therefore, only an attempt to connect to a nonexistent computer results in no response of either kind. But YOUR computer has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND (that's very cool!) which represents advanced computer and port stealthing capabilities. A machine configured in this fashion is well hardened to Internet NetBIOS attack and intrusion.
Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer. All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet.
Here's the result:
Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist! One or more ports on this system are operating in FULL STEALTH MODE! Standard Internet behavior requires port connection attempts to be answered with a success or refusal response. Therefore, only an attempt to connect to a nonexistent computer results in no response of either kind. But YOUR computer has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND (that's very cool!) which represents advanced computer and port stealthing capabilities. A machine configured in this fashion is well hardened to Internet NetBIOS attack and intrusion.
Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer. All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet.
For personal use the firewall built into the Linksys router will work fine. If you want to test your firewall check out this site:
http://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
If you would also like to try a software firewall, which in my opinion is not needed when using the Linksys, get ZoneAlarm. Absolutely free for private users and is very effective.
http://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
If you would also like to try a software firewall, which in my opinion is not needed when using the Linksys, get ZoneAlarm. Absolutely free for private users and is very effective.
Sorry CELSTAR. Sometimes I don't make sense. All I did was install the Linksys and then goto the ShieldsUP site to check my security. It's just hard for me to believe that the Linksys would be that hard to penetrate by Kevin Mitnick.
Of course, it simply has these ports closed, 21, 139, etc. I probed the ports on my NT box connected to the Linksys router using port sniffing utility, Socket Sifter, running on a Mac laptop and these ports did not exist. Once I've set the router to forward these ports to the NT box, the utility was able to penetrate them.
The guy who runs Shields Up (Gibson Research) is Steve Gibson not Mitnick I believe, and this site is legit, not a scam.
Zak
The guy who runs Shields Up (Gibson Research) is Steve Gibson not Mitnick I believe, and this site is legit, not a scam.
Zak
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