Hi When I browse a web site using SSL, a few minutes later (even after my browser is closed), the website I was browsing is tring to establish new connections on port 443. These connections are blocked to protect from SYN flooding. Is this normal behaviour for SSL? This is the rule that blocks the !SYNs from the internet : iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE_INET -p tcp ! --syn -state --state NEW -j DROP Any ideas? Ray -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Leach Cell:+27-82-416-1410 Tel:+27-11-444-5006 Fax:+27-11-444-5007 eMail:raymondl@knowledgefactory.co.za www:http://www.knowledgefactory.co.za "No matter where you go, there you are ..." ----------------------------------------------------------------------