Hi, On a firewall, the rules I am giving are like, iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT iptables -P FORWARD DENY $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -s 125.125.125.0/24 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 20 -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -s 125.125.125.0/24 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -s 125.125.125.0/24 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -s 125.125.125.0/24 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p icmp --icmp-type 0 -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT Still when I view through iptraf, I find that there is traffic to few outside port 137 of remote machines. What is the issue? With warm regards, -Payal -- "Visit GNU/Linux Success Stories" http://payal.staticky.com Guest-Book Section Updated.