Hello, As I wrote in my previous message I'd like to use the TARPIT feature as much as possible. I have a working setup for unused priviliged ports that looks somewhat like this: for tarpitports in 21 23 25 42 79 81 110 137 138 139 445 901; do $path_iptables -t raw -A PREROUTING -i $ext_if -d $ext_ip -p tcp --dport $tarpitports -j NOTRACK $path_iptables -t raw -A PREROUTING -s $ext_ip -p tcp --sport $tarpitports -j NOTRACK $path_iptables -A INPUT -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d $ext_ip -i $ext_if -p tcp -m tcp --dport $tarpitports -j TARPIT $path_iptables -A INPUT -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d $ext_ip -i $ext_if -p tcp -m tcp --dport $tarpitports -j LOG-INPUT # just in case done Untracking the ports makes the situation safe for conntrack. Now I also want to use the tarpit feature for ports > 1023. Who can help me here? Please post! Kind regards, Udo __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash