I _think_ the first two are attempts by LICQ to resolve the ICQ server being blocked by my firewall. Is that right and how can I avoid it? (it works fine most of the time) Jun 26 10:22:20 bunyip kernel: PUB_OUT REJECT 11IN= OUT=ppp0 SRC=203.14.156.30 DST=203.14.156.1 LEN=91 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=255 ID=21277 DF PROTO=ICMP TY PE=3 CODE=3 [SRC=203.14.156.1 DST=203.14.156.30 LEN=63 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=63620 PROTO=UDP SPT=53 DPT=32981 LEN=43 ] Jun 26 10:23:00 bunyip kernel: PUB_OUT REJECT 11IN= OUT=ppp0 SRC=203.14.156.30 DST=203.14.156.1 LEN=335 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=255 ID=23069 DF PROTO=ICMP T YPE=3 CODE=3 [SRC=203.14.156.1 DST=203.14.156.30 LEN=307 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=63651 PROTO=UDP SPT=53 DPT=32983 LEN=287 ] This one I don't understand, can someone please explain what 208.218.240.3 was trying to do? Jun 26 10:25:43 bunyip kernel: PUB_IN DROP 9 IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=208.218.240.3 DST=203.14.156.30 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=50 ID=18824 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=4305 DPT=515 WINDOW=32120 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 -Ross -- <http://bunyip.apana.org.au> [ICQ No.9391313] {For email change borg to org} The Heineken Uncertainty Principle: You can never be sure how many beers you had last night.