There is a good article on iptables in December's SysAdmin magazine. A fiver (cough, splutter) from Borders, and (Dean) you get the Perl Journal too. Or online http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1769/sam0112a/0112a.htm -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at linux.co.uk http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug