Firewall leaktests

Peter, that's it, we agree. You don't need a FW to do that.

Personally i like to have that little edge on the FW also. Doesn't matter how you do it, as long as you do understand what leaktests really are, and how to counter them (or block them). Not the specific leaktest, but what it stands for.
You know, we just missed each other.

 

I Never said He Didnt, I just Happened to mention my personal Opinion on the Matter

 

Outpost & Comodo OH MY ***** GOD!!!! 2 of the WORST Firewall Software Programs to grace the Internet, Both can be shut down in a Second by Nothing Less than a Runtime C++ Script

 

In reality, your All out of your Bloody Minds! if you think a Firewall is going to serve any purpose by protecting you. The Highest Most Expensive 1 Billion Bit Encryption can be cracked anytime anyplace anywhere So dont think a $30 Software is going to save you, because its NOT!! Like I said before, Leaktests are Bullshit! an AntiVirus will do a fine job of stopping Nasties, as will a good AS, but as for a Firewall, The Day you can Block access to every entry point on a PC, is the Day you use a PC with No Internet

Oh and as for stealing my Credit Card Number Go Ahead, I have 36 of them so take your pick

 

Billys Dad doesnt buy Clothes He wears a Brown paper Bag and a Newspaper for a Hat

 

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Hello,
DVD, I think you're getting upset over nothing.
Really wanna make the game boring and irrelevant - can you guess the answer? Begins with Lin ends with ooks.
Mrk

 

Upset Dont Be Ridiculous, I'd Have to Care to Get Upset

 

You didn't get it.

 

Who didnt get what

 

It appears this thread is starting to digress a little too much.

Please keep on topic.

 

XP only needs the sp2 firewall.
You don't need a router or a hardware firewall. I have never used them.
As for leaktests they are no good anyways.

A software firewall and a hips, see my signature, are of good to use when taking a new computer in use. Sometimes there comes programs installed that take contact to internet. Almost none are bad, but unnecessary to run. You can use something like CCleaner to stop them from starting. So in that way the software firewall and a hips are preferred over plain router/XP SP2 firewall. But no more than that.

There are free tools too like Process Explorer and TCPView to be downloaded and run. To see what is running on your system and to see what programs connect out if you dont have an outbound controlling software firewall.
And last but not least I have also my cable modem that blinks when I have traffic in internet. A firewall like good old Sygate is also able to do that.

More important is to a software firewall to have ability to control your internet connections than its ability to pass leaktests. To have a good loggings.
Sure you can all dream and get as much paranoid as you want to feel as a security expert. To feel that you need to answer every single popup just right.

This post was not intended to people who download illegal warez games/programs but to safe surfers.

Jarmo

 

Hi ErikAlbert,

In answer to your question (I have only read this thread up to your comment and am working my way forward), if something passes through your firewall, it will only cause a change to your hard disk if and only if the hard disk is not protected or isolated in some way, e.g. running a Live CD in memory with your hard disks unmounted would not expose your hard disks.

This is precisely how I access the Internet, so that my disks are not mounted when I connect to the Internet. So what if something gets past my very restricted firewall (iptables/Linux), then it only infects memory and gets wiped when I shutdown my system.

-- Tom