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AlphaShield Personal Hardware Firewall None 12-20-2007
Posted by None on December 20, 2007, 6:50 pm
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I just installed the AlphaSheild Personal Hardware Firewall. AlphaShield
supplies a utility that allows me to open any port through the firewall.
Tech Support at AlphaShield said that any port can be opened with this
utility, and that I had set up the open port properly with the utility.
I tried opening port 23. The Sheilds Up security website, though,
indicates that all of my ports are stealthed. Wouldn't Sheilds Up detect
any open port? The WindowsXP SP2 firewall is disabled and I have no
other firewall running. The only other security software that I have
running is Norton Antivirus 2007 and Sunbelt Counterspy, which I don't
believe can affect port protection or control.The hardware firewall is
situated between my Comcast cable modem and my PC. Am I misunderstanding
something here about opening ports? Please educate me

Posted by Sebastian G. on December 20, 2007, 6:54 pm
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None wrote:

> Wouldn't Sheilds Up detect any open port?


No. ShieldsUp is a lousy implementation of a horrible misconception of a
well-known fool.

> The only other security software that I have running is Norton Antivirus

> 2007

AFAIK the Norton Antivirus junk had a packet filter included since version
2003 or so.

> Am I misunderstanding something here about opening ports?

Maybe. I dunno how your cable modem is implemented, and I don't if this
AlphaShield thingy is configured as a routing firewall.

Posted by None on December 20, 2007, 7:08 pm
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They advertise that it has a 100% hackproof guarantee. Apparently, no
one has been able to hack into anyones system through this firewall
(Please don't use me to test that claim, I'm just saying that that is
what they claim).

The URL for the firewall is: http//www.alphashield.com/home.htm

Do you know of any website where port status can be reliably tested
after I temporarily disable NAV?


Sebastian G. wrote:
> None wrote:
>
>> Wouldn't Sheilds Up detect any open port?
>
>
> No. ShieldsUp is a lousy implementation of a horrible misconception of a
> well-known fool.
>
>> The only other security software that I have running is Norton Antivirus
>
> > 2007
>
> AFAIK the Norton Antivirus junk had a packet filter included since
> version 2003 or so.
>
> > Am I misunderstanding something here about opening ports?
>
> Maybe. I dunno how your cable modem is implemented, and I don't if this
> AlphaShield thingy is configured as a routing firewall.

Posted by Sebastian G. on December 20, 2007, 7:36 pm
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None wrote:

> They advertise that it has a 100% hackproof guarantee.


I do the same for my Knipex firewall. (Knipex is a well-known cable cutting
tool.)

> Apparently, no one has been able to hack into anyones system

> through this firewall

Apparently no one has ever tried.

> Do you know of any website where port status can be reliably tested
> after I temporarily disable NAV?


Try <http://linux-sec.net/Audit/nmap.test.gwif.html>.

Posted by Victek on December 23, 2007, 6:09 pm
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> I just installed the AlphaSheild Personal Hardware Firewall. AlphaShield
> supplies a utility that allows me to open any port through the firewall.
> Tech Support at AlphaShield said that any port can be opened with this
> utility, and that I had set up the open port properly with the utility. I
> tried opening port 23. The Sheilds Up security website, though, indicates
> that all of my ports are stealthed. Wouldn't Sheilds Up detect any open
> port? The WindowsXP SP2 firewall is disabled and I have no other firewall
> running. The only other security software that I have running is Norton
> Antivirus 2007 and Sunbelt Counterspy, which I don't believe can affect
> port protection or control.The hardware firewall is situated between my
> Comcast cable modem and my PC. Am I misunderstanding something here about
> opening ports? Please educate me

What are you attempting to accomplish by opening port 23? Why not do
whatever you're trying to do that requires that port 23 be open and see if
it works?


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