"Blue Bird" <stellar_jay@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e2bd548f.0308051253.60a9180@posting.google.co m...
> I know about grc.com's ShieldsUp for testing firewalls but is that the
> best?
>
> Just what tools are available that are trust worthy and effective for
> testing whether your firewall and/or spyware software is up to snuff.


Here's a few links I bookmarked in the past - not necessarily recommending
them though:

http://www.auditmypc.com/welcome.asp

http://privacy.net/analyze/

http://www.dshield.org/

Dave