hi, [Btw. what about getting a proper E-Mail client, who does things like adding a Re: to the subject line and replying to the email and keep the thread instead of posting a completely new message.] On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 05:07:27AM +1000, hard__ware wrote: > Please try to give a more detailed info on your setup > like Rules ect . Because i use DNAT / SNAT / with FTP > and ip_conntrack_ftp & ip_nat_ftp allot with IPTables > and have never found / seen those messages ? ftp server which permits ftp connections from the outside. that's basically it. I don't have a log target or sucha thing. it originates from the kernel but couldn'T find a way yet, like through syslog, to disable it or log it seperately. my rule sets look as follows: :INPUT DROP [1732:89835] :FORWARD DROP [0:0] :OUTPUT DROP [0:0] [0:0] -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT [0:0] -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT [3016:4082458] -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT [138:12024] -A INPUT -i lo -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT [136:12210] -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT [810:43752] -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 20:21 -j ACCEPT [12:720] -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 873 -j ACCEPT [0:0] -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 873 -j ACCEPT [0:0] -A INPUT -s 62.116.33.11 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT [0:0] -A INPUT -s 62.116.33.11 -p udp -m udp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT [2753:169858] -A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT [0:0] -A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT so long Othmar