Re: firewall auditing/testing

["Serg B." <sergicles () gmail com>]

I don't know of any specific firewall testing tools however my own
opinion combined with those on a firewall QA team (in a company I work
for): Use eathereal, hping, nc and perhaps some custom Perl/Python
utilities. WinRunner to automate GUI stuff would also be useful if it
has anything like web interface... That's about the only way to get a
reliable firewall testing solution. Any other tools that you can buy
on the market today are simply the merging of the above with a cute
GUI.

Other then that - read white papers on common firewall weaknesses...
That's my 2 cents.

  Serg


On 14/06/06, freed0m <freed0m () hacktimes com> wrote:
> You can use other tools for testing firewall rules or firewalking, isic,
> hping,etc.
>
> Also you can use some stress tools to verify the availability of the
> firewall resources and look for the vulnerabilities this product has got
> in the past.
>
> It's important for you to remember than a firewall well configured and
> managed does not mean your company is safe.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Juan de la Fuente aka FREED0M
>
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>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm new to the list and been reading your email archives but
> > i have my own question how to test your firewall if its really secured.
> >
> > Our IT director is really paranoid and he's not confident if our
> > current firewall security is really secured.
> >
> > I already presented a NMAP/Nessus audit logs and i even
> > show to him the activity logs of our ACL that deny/drops
> > everything from the internet and permit only the basic applications.
> >
> > Is there any other tools that can penetrate/test the firewall vulnerability?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > rocky
> >
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