{"id":531,"date":"2005-07-15T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-15T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2005\/07\/quick-internet-security-audit-and.htm"},"modified":"2007-07-16T23:45:07","modified_gmt":"2007-07-16T22:45:07","slug":"quick-internet-security-audit-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/07\/quick-internet-security-audit-and.htm","title":{"rendered":"A quick Internet security audit (and other Internet tools)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--112145880012781717--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.auditmypc.com\/\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"34\" alt=\"Audit your firewall online, check your privacy and remove spyware.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.auditmypc.com\/icons\/auditmypcs.gif?resize=110%2C34\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>Yesterday, I stumbled across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auditmypc.com\/\">AuditMyPC<\/a>, which includes a number of tests (and tips) to help improve PC and network security. Most of the information is available elsewhere on the &#8216;net but it&#8217;s nice to find it all in one place. What worried me (and convinced me that the guy who runs this site knows what he is doing) is that the site was able to discover my NATted IP address. Luckily it was only on my PC with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/mscorp\/java\/\">Microsoft Java Virtual Machine<\/a> (JVM) installed (unfortunately I need the JVM to use my employer&#8217;s awful time-sheeting system and, being a consultancy, time-sheeting is pretty important to us!). 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