On Monday 05 April 2004 11:59 am, __ Radien__ wrote: > here is just the table and may not be viewed well in my last post: Okay, thanks, here are my comments on just the table again, since it is much easier to read now :) > Conn.State -s -d --proto -sport -dport SYN ACK > > New out web_server tcp <1024 80 Yes No > Established web_server out tcp 80 <1024 Yes No That should be "Yes Yes" at the end, I think. > Established out web_server tcp <1024 80 No Yes > Established web_server out tcp 80 <1024 No Yes All the client connections are shown as using ports <1024 - that should be "usually >1024", but even that isn't a certainty. You should allow for clients using any port number at all. Regards, Antony. -- If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we'd be so simple that we couldn't. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.