I am running SUSE Linux 8.2 (v2.4 kernel). I am using the machine as a router, firewall (SUSEFirewall2) and http proxy (squid) for my home network. I have checked using www.grc.com which ports I have open to the outside world and find that all ports up to 1056 are in stealth mode EXCEPT port 113 (IDENT) which is reported as closed. So my machine can be detected on this port although it will not respond. I have seen suggestions that it is possible to ROUTE any incoming traffic on port 113 to a fictitious IP address on my local net, resulting in full stealth. Does anyone know how this can be done by configuring my SUSEFirewall2.conf file. I do not have a DMZ setup. The firewall machine is also providing a caching DNS and DHCP services to the local network as well as being the Browse Master for my Windows network using SAMBA. Any suggestions on how to prevent port 113 being visible. Also.. is there a way to get new settings from SUSFirewall2.conf to be loaded without having to reboot. Thanks for your help. Philip