Netinfo and Shields Up Scan Results confilct
Dexter
Vancouver, BC Canada
Does anyone use the NetInfo program? I have been using it for a while to do extended pings, trace routes, port scans, etc.
So, I was doing some port scanning for a client, and Netinfo reported that port 110 was open. I checked the router remotely, and it did not have 110 enabled. So I remoted into the computer, launched IE, and did a Shields Up scan. Shields Up stated that 110 was closed, in fact, it was in Stealth mode.
So I tested the same routine on a few other of this client's computers, at different physical locations. I also tested it on our office router. Same deal, in fact, our office router showed 80 open, but we are not running a webserver. (We do have remote admin on the router, but that's 8080.) But Shields Up showed both 110 and 80 closed at all these locations.
I am inclined to trust the Sheilds Up scan, because it is external and objective. I think I will run a Netinfo scan from home, and see what it says. Or, I could post my IP's and let you folks all take a run at them.....NOT
Anyway, just wondering if anyone else has ever gotten bad port scan info from Netinfo or any other app?
Cheers.
Dexter...
So, I was doing some port scanning for a client, and Netinfo reported that port 110 was open. I checked the router remotely, and it did not have 110 enabled. So I remoted into the computer, launched IE, and did a Shields Up scan. Shields Up stated that 110 was closed, in fact, it was in Stealth mode.
So I tested the same routine on a few other of this client's computers, at different physical locations. I also tested it on our office router. Same deal, in fact, our office router showed 80 open, but we are not running a webserver. (We do have remote admin on the router, but that's 8080.) But Shields Up showed both 110 and 80 closed at all these locations.
I am inclined to trust the Sheilds Up scan, because it is external and objective. I think I will run a Netinfo scan from home, and see what it says. Or, I could post my IP's and let you folks all take a run at them.....NOT
Anyway, just wondering if anyone else has ever gotten bad port scan info from Netinfo or any other app?
Cheers.
Dexter...
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