[Wiltshire] Is firewall working?

[Lugo Teehalt]

Thanks Simon,

Will have to dwell on that site, it's a bit difficult to work out.

Having just signed up to virginmedia broadband it would be easy to get the impression that they have hardenned their thing against Linux.

Phoned them and they activated the internet.  But the site: activation.virginmedia.com refuses to work - complaining that the operating system may be out of date.  Have tried making browser pretend to be IE or Safari, and other tricks from internet but they won't get past the test their website carries out.

As a new user I do not know if this matters.  Does it matter I do not have a username, password, email account or whatever?
  

--- On Wed, 28/10/09, Simon Iremonger <wiltslug at iremonger.me.uk> wrote:

> From: Simon Iremonger <wiltslug at iremonger.me.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Wiltshire] Is firewall working?
> To: wiltshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009, 19:06
> > The router manufactures say: 'By
> default, the firewall allows any 
> > outbound traffic and prohibits any inbound traffic
> except for responses 
> > to your outbound traffic.' This is the firewall in the
> router. But 
> > cannot work out if the firewall is switched on. 
> Though it seems likely 
> > it is on by default.
> > Anybody know how to check if it is switched on?
> 
> If you are using a NAPT type routing (almost certainly)
>    then inherently you have that sort of
> firewall.
> 
> The router may or may-not respond itself to ping and
>    other connections on the
> internet/WAN-side.
> To find out you can use the 'shieldsup' service:-
> https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
> 
> Umm... its' kindof hard to explain....
> 
> --Simon
> 
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