Hi , we are using this proxy for our outgoning ftp-trafic and it works fine in inetd-mode. Just with one server we have some strange behavior. First use netcat to our proxy. -> 220 Proxy FTP server (Version 1.5 - 1999/10/04 11:55:39) ready. <- USER someone@host.de -> xxx.xxx.de FTP server (Version 6.4/OpenBSD/Linux-ftpd-0.16) ready. -> 331 Password: <- QUIT 221 Goodbye. Just have a look at line 3 after sending user we get a message without number at start of line - This will kill our sending ftp-client. Next step i just do the same directly without proxy. (netcat server 21 ) -> 220- XXX FTP-Server -> 220 xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.de FTP server (Version 6.4/OpenBSD/Linux-ftpd-0.16) ready. <- USER someone -> 331 Password: <- QUIT -> 221 Goodbye. Ahhh looks right (for me) an the misteries line 3 is here the rest of second 220 Line. Has anybody an idea ? I also tried it with the version 1.7 ( dont know witch Patch - but i came from the Suse Update RPM for 6.4) By the way - i try to compile the version 1.7p8 on a Suse 6.4 and get a lot of compiler errors. Have i got a chance to do so ? It looks like some probs with the include files. Thanks for your help Dirk Roloff