Jonathan Fosburgh wrote: particularly /etc/rc.firewall, which is where I have my ipfw rules. Perhaps this is not the correct location for custom rules, but I haven't found a different place to put them. You can specify the location of your custom rules file in firewall_script in /etc/rc.conf. Like: firewall_script="/etc/ipfw.rules.conf" Sascha -- http://yoyodyne.ath.cx