Just flush your rules. man ipfwadm man ipchains man ipmasqadm it is usually a "-F" option. Wow, I never thought I would be giving instructions on how to turn this stuff *off*. Live and learn. JLF Sends... It seems like on Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 12:40:00PM -0700, der.hans scribbled: Orig Msg> moin, moin, Orig Msg> Orig Msg> I've apparently setup my system to block port scanning. Anyone know how to Orig Msg> turn this feature off? I'm trying to scan it to double check firewall Orig Msg> rules, so don't want my scan box getting cut off :). I don't know what's Orig Msg> catching the scan. Orig Msg> Orig Msg> ciao, Orig Msg> Orig Msg> der.hans