Hello I've just re-installed my own domestic firewall machine. I do that every week or two. It doesn't last much longer than that before it is rooted. That's after using the harden_suse script to help it along a bit. After re-installing and using it for a couple of days I now find that when I disconnect from the net that I get a message in my /var/log/messages console that says ......... kernel: Packet log: output DENY ippp0 PROTO=17 address.of.my.machine: 61122 and also ... kernel: Packet log: output DENY ippp0 PROTO=17 address.of.my.machine:61127 address.of.my.ISP:53 I had a look in /etc/services and can't find a reference to port 61122 or 61127. Does anyone know what that is ? Also, does anyone know why I'm getting this message scrolling down the screen all the time ? I notice that it starts up shortly after I boot my workstation which is attached to my own internal network. Also, can anyone tell me how to get the personal firewall to log messages to /var/log/messages ? I have to use my own firewall script so that I can actually read the log messages in /var/log/messages. Thanks -- Richard