Hello, Does anyone have more information on this exploit, or know if SuSE is an affected platform?? http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/08/06/insecurities.html#lin --snip-- Linux IP masquerading Under some circumstances, a vulnerability in Linux IP masquerading can be used by an attacker to bypass a Linux-based firewall and gain access to a protected network. This new vulnerability is similar to an attack reported earlier this year that used FTP protocol to open a hole through the firewall, but instead uses a flaw in the IRC DCC helper (ip_masq_irc module). Users of Linux IP masquerading should evaluate their security needs and consider options to increase the security of their firewall, such as configuring the NAT server to only allow a range of ports in connection requests (such as only ports above 1024) or not installing helper modules (such as ip_masq_irc) on their server. --snip-- Thanks Gabriel