Hello ! I found this in my messages file: Sep 4 09:14:42 causul in.telnetd[2562]: connect from 137.226.141.203 Sep 4 09:14:42 causul sshd[2564]: log: Connection from 137.226.141.203 port 18193 Sep 4 09:14:42 causul wu.ftpd[2563]: connect from 137.226.141.203 Sep 4 09:14:43 causul telnetd[2562]: ttloop: peer died: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character Sep 4 09:14:48 causul sshd[2564]: fatal: Did not receive ident string. Sep 4 09:14:49 causul in.telnetd[2565]: connect from 137.226.141.203 Sep 4 09:14:50 causul in.telnetd[2567]: warning: can't get client address: Connection reset by peer Sep 4 09:14:50 causul in.telnetd[2567]: connect from unknown Sep 4 09:14:55 causul wu.ftpd[2568]: connect from 137.226.141.203 Sep 4 09:14:55 causul wu.ftpd[2569]: connect from 137.226.141.203 Sep 4 09:15:01 causul /USR/SBIN/CRON[2571]: (root) CMD ( test -x /usr/lib/cron/run-crons && /usr/lib/cron/run-crons ) Sep 4 09:30:00 causul /USR/SBIN/CRON[2590]: (root) CMD ( test -x /usr/lib/cron/run-crons && /usr/lib/cron/run-crons ) Sep 4 09:43:33 causul -- MARK -- Sep 4 09:43:42 causul sshd[180]: log: Generating new 768 bit RSA key. Sep 4 09:43:43 causul sshd[180]: log: RSA key generation complete. I was running a SuSE 6.0. Meanwhile I have upgraded to 6.2. Thnak you in advance. Marc Baaden -- Marc Baaden - Labo MSM (UMR 7551) - http://crypt.u-strasbg.fr/marc mailto:baaden@chimie.u-strasbg.fr - FAX (+49) 89 666 171 68 68 ICQ# 11466242 - Tel: (+33) 3 88 41 60 86 or (+33) 6 03 24 26 56