> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Ilian Zarov wrote: > > > I have a mandrake 7.0 system with security level Medium . Have a problem - > > when I'm online no one can ping , telnet , ftp etc. I know this is good for > > security reasons but ... Security Level Medium is defined during the install , > > now even if I change it to low or server nothing happens . If I start httpd > > port 80 is closed again . I'm not going to use this computer for server but I > > want to know that I can . If I ping , telnet , ftp , ssh , http to 127.0.0.1 or > > localhost it works . Where's the problem ? I think you ned to look into your /etc/resolv.conf file....check that the nameserver setup is correct in the file. It should look something like: search foobar.com #where foobar.com is your ISP nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd #nameserver 1 nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd #nameserver 2 -- Zap