IMPORTANT: OneConsult® Pandora LT has been upgraded since Computerworld went to press. As a result, the GUI and functionality of the current version 3.11 differ from the version described in the article. Please read the installation and operation instructions.

OneConsult® Pandora LT was developed as a user-friendly application for testing whether an IT infrastructure is protected against attacks based on protocol tunneling, also known as inside-out attacks (breakout from the LAN via the firewall to the external network).

If no appropriate protection mechanisms (e.g. firewall with black/white list approach, IDS/IPS, anti-trojan programs or web proxy with user authentication) have been installed on the target system or network, it should be possible to control the system 'infected' with the client component remotely via the server component (through one or more firewalls).

OneConsult® Pandora LT is a client/server program optimized for Windows XP and the LT version is freeware (please nevertheless note the license agreement). Please contact us, if you are interested in the payware OneConsult® Pandora PRO (incl. https and dns tunneling) tool.