gkweb has a very useful and informative site (http://www.firewallleaktester.com/wwdc.htm) relating to firewall leak tests, namely: LeakTest Tooleaky Firehole Yalta Outbound PCAudit AWFT Thermite Copycat MBtest WB PCAudit2 Ghost DNStester SurferI just wondered how well PG3 stacks up against these - where relevant? Have we reached a point where owners of PG can ignore the good/bad leak-ability of a software firewall and focus on other functionality offered when deciding which to use ? Thanks SimonW
Here is report from GKweb, I am sure he will post more regarding this: Existing leaktests blocked after they are allowed to run (6) : FireHole, PCAuditv1, PCAuditv2, AWFT 3.1, Thermite, CopyCat leaktests blockable only by denying them the right to launch ( : WallBreaker, MBtest, Yalta, LeakTest, ToolLeaky, Ghost, DNStester, Surfer AWFT, 6 tests : Quote: One: Attempts to load a copy of the default browser and patch it in memory before it executes. Defeats the weakest PFs. Two: Creates a thread on a loaded copy of the default browser. Old trick, but most firewalls still fail. Three: Creates a thread on Windows Explorer. Another old trick, but almost every firewall still fail. Four: Attempts to load a copy of the default browser from within Windows Explorer and patch it in memory before execution. Defeats PFs which require authorization for an application to load another one (succeeding on Technique 1) - Windows Explorer is normally authorized. This test usually succeeds, unless the default browser is blocked from accessing the Internet. Five: Performs an heuristic search for proxies and other software authorized to access the Internet on port 80, loads a copy and patches it in memory before execution from within a thread on Windows Explorer. Very difficult test for PFWs! Six: Performs an heuristic search for proxies and other software authorized to access the Internet on port 80, requests the user to select one of them, then creates a thread on the select process. Another difficult nut to crack for PFWs! 14 XP/2k leaktests, 19 attacks (AWFT = 6 differents) 6 leaktests blocked, 11 leaktests attacks blocked HTH Pilli
