moin, moin, haven't looked at this, but based on the number of thank yous I got for my little security ditty I posted a couple of weeks ago, it might be interesting for quite a few people. http://www.LinuxDoc.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/index.html It would be really cool if someone would review it for us. I'm not going to because I've been rescued and will once again working with the "one true dist" ;-). BTW, with the addition of the minimal firewall setup RedHat is in much better shape, but portmap and those things that depend on it should still be removed if they're not absolutely needed. ciao, der.hans -- # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- # I took the one less traveled by, # And that has made all the difference. -- Robert Frost # I, OTOH, prefer to just go stomping through the desert... - der.hans