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We've installed a local firewall on our machines (McAfee Firewall). I've created a rule to Deny All unsolicited Inbound TCP traffic into the machine. How can I test to see if this is working? I'm not to familiar with any tools to do so.<br />
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I do have test machines in place with the policy. My questions was more or less how I can test to see if unsolicited inbound traffic is being blocked. Any tools I can run from my machine, targeting a machine that has the policy and seeing the results showing blocked.
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We've installed a local firewall on our machines (McAfee Firewall). I've created a rule to Deny All unsolicited Inbound TCP traffic into the machine. How can I test to see if this is working? I'm not to familiar with any tools to do so.

I do have test machines in place with the policy. My questions was more or less how I can test to see if unsolicited inbound traffic is being blocked. Any tools I can run from my machine, targeting a machine that has the policy and seeing the results showing blocked.

How can I test a Deny All In Firewall rule?

Software firewalls, also known as host-based firewalls, provide a layer of software on one host that controls network traffic in and out of that single machine. Most operating systems now include firewall software, but many available software firewalls include central distribution, antivirus systems and disaster recovery.