ShieldsUP is an online
port
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scanning service created by
Steve Gibson of
Gibson Research Corporation
Steven "Steve Tiberius" Gibson (born March 26, 1955) is an American software engineer, security researcher, and IT security proponent. In the early 1980s, he worked on light pen technology for use with Apple and Atari systems, and in 1985, ...
. The purpose of the utility is to alert the users of any ports that have been opened through their
firewall
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* Firewall (computing), a technological barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between computer networks or hosts
* Firewall (construction), a barrier inside a building, designed to limit the spre ...
s or through their
NAT routers, which can be used by malicious users to take advantage of security vulnerabilities. The utility scans the most common
file sharing
File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books. Common methods of storage, transmission and dispersion include r ...
ports, as well as all
service ports (1-1056), and user defined ports, in sets of 64.
It is often recommended for checking port vulnerabilities.
The scanning servers have the static
IP addresses
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.. Updated by . An IP address serves two main functions: network interface ident ...
of 4.79.142.192 to 4.79.142.207.
See also
*
DShield
DShield is a community-based collaborative firewall log correlation system. It receives logs from volunteers worldwide and uses them to analyze attack trends. It is used as the data collection engine behind the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC). DS ...
References
External links
Official websiteGibson Research Corporation
Port scanners
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