Hello, I only have few knowledge in the area of security an so i like to ask for some hint on the expert list - please appologize when the question is not really professional. Here is the problem, I need to runn a productive server SuSE 8.0 to which some real terminals are connected (-> no harddrive) the terminals boot via tfpt and mount the certain drives via nfs. For "online"backups I run rsync. The server must be reachable for remote maintenance via isdn dialin, also telnet and ftp. The temporary connects to the internet for surfing and email should also be possible. What would you suggest to protect the machine? It would be great if you could point me to the right direction that way I can focus on the things which are really needed. Thanks a lot Michael -- Encrypted eMail welcome! GnuPG/OpenPGP-Key: 0xC82CD70C. Fingerprint: BB76 0DED 1329 D3B7 04D0 F6BB 2033 3B11 C82C D70C