[BBLISA] Question about Network analysis tools

[Eric Smith]

     I wondered about that statement too.  So I did a little web 
searching.  The first site I found about grc & Shields Up! was this one:

http://www.grcsucks.com/

     which led me to this one:

http://blog.netwarriors.org/d/musings/misc/2002/10/30/shieldsup_analyzed

     It looks like this person used a packet sniffer to see what exactly 
Shields Up! does.  And it also comments on the language used on grc.com, 
which I would agree is really inappropriate (to much self-importance and 
hype.)  I didn't realize that Shields Up! did as little as it did. 
Almost not worth using.
     There is actually a follow-up article from emails that he received, 
but it really didn't add anything.  Still, you can find it fairly 
quickly with some poking.
     What looks to be a better port tester is at this site:
http://hackerwhacker.com

     I didn't try it, but I saw it recommended a few times from a usenet 
search.  Since I didn't plan on doing it, I didn't look further.

     Eric

Douglas Alan wrote:

> miah <jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Shields up is the biggest joke around.  I'm really saddened that you
>>even mentioned it.
> 
> 
> Why's that?  It seems to work fine when I've used it.  I wouldn't
> necessarily read all the endless annoying verbiage on the site, however
> -- just get your port scan and get out.
> 
> One can also use the port-scanning tool at dsreports.com, but that one
> isn't as clear about what it has found or what ports it is scanning,
> while Shield's Up is very clear in this regards.  Except that I'm that
> I'm not sure if the Shield's Up one does UDP scanning, while the one at
> dslreport clearly indicates that it does.
> 
> |>oug
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