Palo Alto Networks risk level of speed tests

TL;DR

All speed tests tested with Palo Alto Networks URL filtering have the risk level: Low-Risk.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

Safety is the end result of all security and privacy measures. It is therefore a derivative, but not unimportant, feature of any website, including online speed tests.

This is one of many tests we run to get an idea of the safety of speed tests.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we visit the homepage of the speed test and check the safety with Palo Alto Networks URL filtering.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, all speed test used in earlier tests (the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir) will be tested.

Due to the subject we also test TestMyInternetSpeed. This is a crappy website which, under the guise of -we offer a speed test- only wants to obtain as many page views as possible.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest Low-Risk
  2. Bandwidth Place Low-Risk
  3. Bredbandskollen Low-Risk
  4. Broadband Speed Checker Low-Risk
  5. Cloudflare Low-Risk
  6. Comparitech Low-Risk
  7. DSLReports Low-Risk
  8. Fast Low-Risk
  9. Fireprobe Low-Risk
  10. Google Fiber Low-Risk
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance Low-Risk
  12. LibreSpeed Low-Risk
  13. M-Lab Low-Risk
  14. Meter.net Low-Risk
  15. N Perf Low-Risk
  16. Ookla Speedtest Low-Risk
  17. Open Speed Test Low-Risk
  18. SamKnows Low-Risk
  19. SpeedCheck Low-Risk
  20. SpeedOf.me Low-Risk
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page Low-Risk
  22. SpeedSmart Low-Risk
  23. Speedtest4.PHP Low-Risk
  24. TestMyInternetSpeed Low-Risk
  25. TestMy.net Low-Risk
  26. Toast Low-Risk
  27. Which Broadband Speed Test Low-Risk
  28. Xfinity xFi Speed Test Low-Risk

Some examples

An example of test results is shown below.

The Cloudflare speed test has the risk level: Low-Risk

 

Conclusions

All speed tests tested with Palo Alto Networks URL filtering have the risk level: Low-Risk.

The definition of Low-Risk is: Any site that is not High Risk or Medium Risk. This includes sites that were previously confirmed as malicious but have displayed benign activity for at least 90 days.