Hi Can you pls anyone help me correct it if i am wrong. I have the following entries in the iptables iptables -P INPUT DROP iptables -P OUTPUT DROP iptables -P FORWARD DROP iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT but still i can not do ssh to linux box from the PC which is sitting in the internal network. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com