hello i'm running a redhat machine and while checking [root@localhost root]# ifconfig -a lo Link encap:Local Loopback LOOPBACK MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:316 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:316 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:15800 (15.4 Kb) TX bytes:15800 (15.4 Kb) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:62.135.14.214 P-t-P:172.17.9.205 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1524 Metric:1 RX packets:1739 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1942 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:528941 (516.5 Kb) TX bytes:178970 (174.7 Kb) tunl0 Link encap:IPIP Tunnel HWaddr NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) [root@localhost root]# i see tunl0 and i dont know who made it and why is it there its always 0.0 b and its always there even if ppp0 isnt up , so i'd like to investigate this , is my machine compromised or a software made it , please help me with it . i though of running iptables to listen to what passes there . any ideas ? thanks in advance _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp