>The non-standard port is a good trick, Here's just an opinion: Security by obscurity only makes >you< feel good, it does nothing in reality. Anyone sufficiently talented to hack a service in order to gain root or do something useful would not be fooled by that. Set whatever your doing up right so that any false sense of security is not deemed necessary. Prevent weak passwords, possibly use connection throttling etc etc. Just my opinion that "Works for me". jlc