Hello, You should be able to "man iptables" -> I did, got the info I needed. Thanks. I also transferred all my -A rules to -I and an iptables -L INPUT now shows priority to the -I rules, which basically should not block any traffic to my server. On the other hand, I have a couple more questions: 1- If I have 2 Nic Cards, eth0 and eth1, without any kind of NATing involved, as I am simply using the private interface for backup jobs, local SSH and so forth, should I worry about the FORWARD chain? There is no routing between the 2 interfaces nor do I need there be so I assumed so far that my INPUT/OUTPUT rules will apply to the public interface without having to go the extra step of specifying it. 2- Is there a way to build a text file and have IPTABLES pull from it periodically? I know this could be done in perl, but has anyone tried to do it with a simple cron job? Thanks
