I haven't yet tried Smoothwall myself, but seeing so much buzz about it makes me feel a need to point out some other diskette-based linux firewall options. Here's my $0.02 ... The LEAF project was created to facilitate collaboration between developers of diskette-based linux firewalls. http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ Most (all?) of these diskette-based linux firewalls trace their roots back to the Linux Router Project (LRP). http://www.linuxrouter.org/ The Linux Router Project mailing lists can be very helpful, and its archives are searchable via the web. http://www.linuxrouter.org/archives/ Seattle Firewall is a set of scripts, compatible with LRP, that can help facilitate the setup of ipchains rules for a firewall. http://seawall.sourceforge.net/ On my home firewall, I'm presently using a tweaked version of Eigerstein, with Seawall. Joel (sorry for slow response - I'm subscribed to TCLUG in digest mode) On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 cris0027 wrote: > Can anyone help guide my re-education?