On Sunday 07 March 2004 9:26 am, Antony Stone wrote: > I would recommend also that you change all your INPUT rules: > > For a single rule instead: > > iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED,NEW -j ACCEPT Sorry! I did *not* mean to leave the "NEW" in that rule!! It should read: iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT It's too early in the morning for me - I shouldn't be answering technical questions yet :-) Antony. -- There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. - Enrico Fermi Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.