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Thanks Vitaly. It's been released.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vitaly Larichev
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:28 AM
> To: Metastock List
> Subject: Web security
>
>
> List,
>
> Seems the issue of Web security is important to all of us,
> and unfortunately
> it doesn't leave us alone. Apologies to anybody who would
> prefer to not
> see these questions discussed on Metastock list.
>
> So, below is an excerpt from today's issue of Langa's newsletter
> http://www.langa.com/.
>
> Cheers, Vitaly
>
>
> 1) Fascinating Free Firewall Testing Tool
>
> I've written about Steve Gibson many times: He's the guy
> behind the free
> and excellent "Shields Up" online security checker (at
http://grc.com ),
among other things.
Today (Dec 11), Steve is scheduled to release an all-new freeware
testing tool that HARMLESSLY simulates the actions of a
Trojan/Virus/Spyware program by attempting to "phone home" from your
computer in a safe and controlled way. This lets you see if your
firewall or other security tools can detect and block such actions.
Steve calls the new program "LeakTest." It's tiny--- just 27k.
Steve and his beta testers have tried the LeakTest on a wide variety of
firewalls and similar tools with eye-opening results. For example, in
the beta tests, the personal firewalls from Symantec/Norton and Sygate
should have been able to prevent LeakTest from making an outbound
connection--- but did not!
On the other hand, ZoneAlarm ( http://www.zonealarm.com ) detected and
stopped LeakTest every time, even when the Leaktest program was renamed
to make it appear to be a trusted app to which you'd already given
outbound-connection permission!
Steve isn't 100% certain when LeakTest will be officially released,
although today is the target date. Try the main page first (
http://grc.com ) and look for LeakTest. If it's not there, then the
pages developed during the beta phase probably will still be available.
They include the general information pages at
http://grc.com/su-firewalls.htm#leaktest and the download page at
http://grc.com/files/leaktest.exe .
There's also a firewall/LeakTest discussion group available at
http://grc.com/x/talk.exe?cmd=xover&group=freeware.Leaktest&utag=
If you use a firewall or ANY OTHER KIND of connection-security tool, add
LeakTest to your arsenal to make sure you're protected from invisible
"back-channel" attacks. (For "front end" attacks, use the security
testing tools at ShieldsUp ( http://grc.com ) and
http://www.dslreports.com .) Once you've tested your firewall or other
security tool from the front *and* the back, you'll then know, for sure,
whether you're protected or not!
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