I found the following messages, many of them, in my /var/log/messages file - kernel: packet log: input deny eth0 proto=17 207.226.173.193:137 208.194.173.26:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=22928 F=0x0000 T=117 There are many of these with differant numbers after the : . I recognize the second ip number, it's mine. What is the first ip number? and the stuff after them. Does the part input deny eth0 mean someone was trying to get into my firewall but were blocked? Chip