:: I sure as hell wouldn't allow control of my core routers to :: be done via a :: web server... :-) :: I doubt that anyone would. It would introduce a security :: risk thats not :: necessary, and creating and applying adaptive access lists would be :: horrible. No, that's not what I was asking for (although it would be fun!). Just some way of communicating requests to block / filter certain ports (or even traffic from certain IP addresses), without having to go through Help Desk Hell. :: The end user should still have a firewall. And a virus :: killer. Too many use :: neither. Sure, but at the end of the day, without filtering, the end user has one option only -- turn off the modem. -- Juha --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog