Hi all, Im' running 2.4.24 and iptables 1.2.9 on slackware . I made these rules on my single box connected to internet via the ppp0 interface ( i only show OUTPUT related entries ) iptables -P OUTPUT DROP iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT #To allow me surfing : iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT # My ISP DNS : iptables -A OUTPUT -d 193.252.19.4 -p ALL -j ACCEPT ; iptables -A OUTPUT -d 193.252.19.3 -p ALL -j ACCEPT ; iptables -A OUTPUT -d 80.10.246.1 -p ALL -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -d 80.10.246.132 -p ALL -j ACCEPT #Logging everything else : iptables -A OUTPUT -j LOG --log-level info --log-prefix "dropped_output_: " and i get many lines like this in my log file : Jan 16 06:54:40 milina kernel: dropped_output_: IN= OUT=ppp0 SRC=81.248.95.208 DST=81.56.193.129 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=39332 DPT=113 WINDOW=18276 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 What would be this stuff on 113 port ?? Though when i sleep ( i kill X by switching to runlevel 3 , so there is neither "messenger" nor any stuff that should be connected but my web server and FTP server ... ) , it logs that . Would you hel me ? -- Rakotomandimby Mihamina Andrianifaharana Tel : +33 2 38 76 43 65 http://stko.dyndns.info/site_principal/Members/mihamina