On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 17:35 +0530, hareram wrote: > you need to Drop all and allow what are the services required > that is the best practice Yes, the policy is to drop. But is REJECT a terminatig target? (I just dont remember) I know that ACCEPT is "terminating". I mean if a packet matches and is ACCEPTed, it is not processed by the following rules. -- ASPO Infogérance http://aspo.rktmb.org/activites/infogerance Unofficial FAQ fcolc http://faq.fcolc.eu.org/ LUG sur Orléans et alentours (France). Tél : 02 34 08 26 04 / 06 33 26 13 14