how do I know my firewall is working

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Author: George Toft
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Subject: how do I know my firewall is working
Hmmm....

Give us your IP address. If we post your bank info on the list, it
is not working. :)

Seriously, try running nmap against it from the outside. See:
http://georgetoft.com/plug/presentations/security/img10.htm

If you want, send me your IP address privately, and I'll send you
an nmap output from my box to yours.

George


mazdaracer wrote:
>
> Subject says it all! I used the CD from Linux mag. and installed pmfirewall.
> I see it starts on boot, but how do I know it's working correctly?
>
> pete
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