Gang, Various tech news sources are beginning to report a worm that targets Redhat 6.2 and 7.0 systems. For those of you worried about such things, a copyrighted article at http://www.securityfocus.com (click on News article "Linux worm uses its noodle") gives some more explanation, as does the link "Raman analysis" within that article. Hope this helps'idly, -S