General Questions

Hello,

I am soon going to install my first m0n0wall and I would appreciate to be able to make AND document the (hopefully:-) unsuccessful penetration.


What approach would you recommend for such a penetration test (nmap?) and especially how would you document it ?


Any feedback is appreciated very much. Thank you!


John

If you just want a basic overview of what ports are open, a simple nmap scan is fine for that. That isn't "penetration testing" though. A real test would go much further than that depending on the specifics of your network. Numerous entire books have been written on that subject so I won't go any further other than to say if you want a basic test, run nmap. If you want an in depth professional assessment, you should hire someone experienced in doing this kind of thing.