quoth the Dave Jones: > TARPIT Just a caveat: Keep in mind that if a bad guy figures out you are using TARPIT, the very nature of it (ie: persistant connections) opens your box to a severe DOS vulnerability, especially if said bad guy has a bot-net at his disposal. If you know what you are doing, fair enough, but do keep this in mind if you intend to use TARPIT on an outward facing box. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972