Gizmo's Freeware: Check Your Internet Security, Or Locate An IP Address

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Check Your Internet Security, Or Locate An IP Address Posted: 13 Feb 2014 01:39 AM PST If you have a router providing your internet connectivity, it probably has a built-in firewall. Windows too, of course, has its own firewall. Between them, they ensure that a hacker who tries to connect to your computer via the internet won't be able to get in. The firewall will simply discard their request, or even pretend that your computer simply isn't there. But how can you test that your firewall is working? The answer is to perform a port scan. This means that you need to persuade another computer on the internet, outside of your own home or office network, to try connecting to your IP address on all the common ports (or channels). The simplest way to do this is to employ the services of a free web-based port scan too, and one of the simplest ones can be found here: http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/check-your-internet-security-or-locate-ip-address.htm

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