Hi I am away from my linux box at present but does any one have a copy of the directory (in a tar) format of the following directory please... So I can try to work out my firewall configuration based on one of the examples. /usr/share/doc/packages/SuSEfirewall/EXAMPLES I managed to get the PC to boot up ok it went through the first firewall rules ok and then the second ok, however I am still unable to ping or to telnet out or into the box Setup wishing to configure Internet | | firewall (ppp0) via kppp to the internet via modem. SuSE 7.0 linux box 1 (192.168.0.1 eth0 to the lan) with 0.0.0.0 to masq out to my ISP who uses dynamic IP addresses vnc, kde, www, mail pop and smtp | |______________________________________ | | SuSE linux 6.4 box 2 (192.168.0.3) eth0 Win2000 (192.168.0.2) eth0 Access to www, ftp, telent and ping Access to www, ftp, ping, telnet, vnc, outlook mail, pop, smtp rlogin, vnc, mail pop and smtp internal network internal and external ------------------------------------------------------------ I wish to work on SuSE linux box 1 (vnc, kde, www, ftp, telnet. rlogin mail pop and smtp) too. But my main working box is the Win2000 with vnc to the linux boxes. Any ideas or even an example I could use ? Regards Matt