hello, I have more of a informative question to ask and would appreciate any input you give me. I am using iplimit patch to limit the number of active connections to my server. I am interested to know why this patch is not present even in the 2.5/2.6 series of kernels. I am interested if there is another way to protect myself from a SYN attack originating from a KNOWN AND VALID IP address ? thanks, Razvan Radu CORE Technologies Tel: 021 2420383