Carrying on the theme of my previous message here is an article about firewalls on Ubuntu and two choices. By default Ubuntu doesn't install a firewall because it doesn't listen on inbound ports by default but if you enable any listening services you will want a firewall: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/26/1556259 -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand