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Leaktest

April 30th, 2008 by Igor Pankov

Leaktest is a special tool set for testing the firewall’s ability to resist data breaches through unauthorized system interactions. Leaktests serve to measure how the firewall, or proactive security system also known as HIPS, can manage and control local activities of the applications installed on a PC. Currently, there are more than thirty leaktests that examine the firewall’s outbound strength by imitating various would-be attacks to steal data by bypassing the firewall’s outbound barriers. Leak tests got its name from the term “leak”, to reflect how the firewall can resist data leakage.

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