in reply to Security checker

This has nothing to do with Perl, but I have found nothing better than Nessus for this kind of comprehensive checking. It is an open source portscanner that will run a very complete set of diagnostics, and can be run from another machine. You get a complete report, with an assessment of how vulnerable you are, and how to fix the exposure.

Please note that this has nothing to do with checking your machine to see if you're already infected. If you do find serious vulnerablities, you may have to assume the worst.

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Re: Re: Security checker
by FireBird34 (Pilgrim) on Nov 07, 2002 at 05:52 UTC
    Ok, thanks. I actually use the Zone Alarm, but even though it's *supposidly* the best freeware FW, I've had some problems. I don't use the on-PC virus scanners (although I plan to), but I do a daily check on House Call (http://www.antivirus.com). Also, I'll check out that program, thanks.

    BTW, sorry if this wasn't Perl related -- I figured I could run a script for this (yes, I am still a n00b to the language ;)). Again, thanks.
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