Mike,

Thank you very much for your post. I really appreciate the response.

I checked your document. It is awsome for the average Windows user with a small home network; possibly using Windows 98 sharing?

I'm on a fairly small network, too. My firewall is Linux Mandrake 7.2. While I understand the basics and am aware of most everything in your document, it doesn't give any pointers on IPChains.

Can you offer any input for my scenario?

Thanks!