hai, On 11/14/05, P theodorou <props666999@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello > > the usual user name cannot be displayed > $IPTABLES -A TCPbad -p tcp ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j DROP # DROP NEW > NOT SYN doesn't the above rule drop all the out of nowhere pkts. i mean like a syn,ack or a fin pkt. hope i haven't got it wrong this time. regards, kiran