On Wednesday 24 December 2003 11:03 am, ads nat wrote: > The moment I set "iptables -P INPUT DROP" > System hangs. Are you working on a local keyboard + screen, or via a remote ssh session? If you are on a network connection, then of course an empty ruleset + default DROP policy will block your connection. Antony. -- Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. You'll feel much better about things once you do. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.