Hi, Thanks for all of the suggestions. Isn't there a *default* firewall install when you setup a basic version of etch? If I didn't specifically install a firewall, does that mean that there is currently no firewall setup? I am happy to write and work with iptables using a script from /etc/init.d, but I thought etch might have a *default* firewall pre-configured? Maybe not? :). Thanks, marc --