[Sussex] privoxy

[Richie Jarvis]

Angelo Servini wrote:
> I downloaded a new utility last night for Ubuntu/Linux.  You can also get a version for Windoze.  Its called "privoxy" it sets up a proxy server on your box and it filters and mangles all comms to the outside world so that dodgy sites cannot get your details.  It also kills off any remaining popups that mozilla-firefox fails to catch. http://www.privoxy.org/  
> 
> A good site to test your firewalls and proxys is www.grc.com   
> 
> Their "shields up" service tests your firewall.  For those dual booting, the "three musketeers" service allows you to kill off any crap services that Windoze may be running, and therefore security holes on your PC.  As you may know, its not enough just to run a firewall, you got to shut down any of the "default" settings that your installation (m$) may have set up inadvertedly, though I suppose you have to be careful not to leave any "open doors" even in linux.

If you want a proper way to check your security - try nessus or nmap - 
nmap is simply a better version of shields-up, and nessus actually tries 
known exploits against your machine.  Both also come with most distros.