Now I really start getting it ! Thanks again Antony :-), and again, and again, and... Thanks for the link. I had read that tutorial but obviously reading it was not enough. Now when I actually start using it I begin to understand the theory. It's cool, I like it... So, basically when I FORWARD FTP requests to the FTP server I don't need INPUT, unless the server is on the routing machine. INPUT is being used only for the routing machine. I guess if I wanted to set up a firewall on the FTP machine, then I would use INPUT on that machine. OK, I'll eperiment with it :-) P.S. I read the correction. Now I understand enough to realize that it was only a typ ;-) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
