Michael Kearey <mutk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: "What do you think 'eth0 trusted' means ? Again I suggest you think about what you are doing. 'eth0 trusted' means trust anything coming to eth0. You have opened up any packets comming to eth0 to be allowed." I had no idea what 'trust eth0 means', and that's why im here asking for help ;) Like i said in the original post, i dont know much of anything about iptables or how it works. Thanks for the help. And thanks to Ow Mun Heng for the pointer to shorewall, i will check it out. No, this is not a free email address. i think they want something like $20 for it (its a 1 time charge, not monthly/yearly/etc).