Hello, My server is Mandrake 10.1 eth0 is WAN with static IP connected to 512k DSL eth1 is LAN. Basically I want clients to able to : 1. send and recieve mails 2. browse the net through squid 3. Use MSN or Yahoo My iptables config is as follows : # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.9 on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004 *nat :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :PREROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE COMMIT # Completed on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004 # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.9 on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004 *mangle :PREROUTING ACCEPT [32056:3889577] :INPUT ACCEPT [32010:3885659] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [31637:4617585] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [31639:4618071] COMMIT # Completed on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004 # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.9 on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004 *filter :FORWARD DROP [0:0] :INPUT DROP [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -i eth1 --dport 3128 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p udp -m udp -i eth1 --dport 3128 --sport 80 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 62.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 -i eth0 -j REJECT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 217.81.0.0/255.255.0.0 -i eth0 -j REJECT -A INPUT -i eth0 -j DROP -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -i eth1 --sport 80 -j DROP -A INPUT -m state -i eth1 --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o eth0 -p tcp --syn --sport 1024 --dport 25 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o eth0 -p tcp --syn --sport 1024 --dport 110 -j ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004 Please feel free to comment and correct. Thanks Varun