Hello Robert, Tuesday, January 04, 2000, 2:33:09 PM, you wrote: RK> N. Aust writes: RK> > Jan 4 11:31:28 hb icmplog: ping from p3E9E066E.dip.t-dialin.net RK> > Jan 4 11:31:59 hb last message repeated 31 times RK> > Jan 4 11:33:00 hb last message repeated 60 times RK> > Jan 4 11:33:49 hb last message repeated 48 times RK> > how can I block icmp pings of a special host and how can I block any RK> > incoming ping ? RK> I don't know how to block the ping, but this looks just like a RK> normal ping to me. The guy just started 'ping host' and let it RK> run awhile. RK> If you had been flooded with pings you'd have gotten at least RK> ten times more pings. RK> regards, Robert that was only a _very short_ extract from my logfile ..... -- Best regards, N. mailto:aust@unileoben.ac.at