On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 10:32:43 +0100, Thorsten wrote: > can anybody give me a hint on where to find the firewall and how to alter > the iptable? The best place to start (as with everything Linux) is with the man page. man iptables The actual filter "table" is in: /etc/sysconfig/iptables Can't speak for others, but to me it always seemed self-explanatory. If you're going to do thing's the "legit" way, don't edit the file directly, but use the iptables *command* to configure it. If you're looking for a Point'N'Drool gooey, you could do worse than Firestarter (http://firestarter.sourceforge.net) There's a fairly decent tutorial at: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html - Keith