>> That being said, one should *never* create firewall with only one NIC! >> It is highly unsafe. > > So I shouldn't run a firewall on any of my hundreds of single nic > instances? I think he's referring to the standard router/firewall scenario where the server is an internet gateway for a network. There I'd consider a single interface system as inherently insecure. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie