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Or is there a better alternative (has to be for someone—me—with relatively low tech skills)?

Read about Shields Up here: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-test-your-firewall-2487969

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I trust Steve Gibson and I have listened to his podcast for years. Without trust, his tool does no more than what any other internet citizen can do, so even if you don't trust it, it's a trial by gentle fire.

Personally I recommend listening to security now podcast. But then again I've worked in IT for 15 years so it's kind of my thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

Ps if you want to be scared, look up showdan. Maybe look at showdan YouTube examples.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ShieldsUP is fine. Also check out: https://www.routersecurity.org/testrouter.php

You could also just port scan yourself with something like nmap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Great! Thank you very much 🙂👍