I found this recent article about hack attacks: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20714.html I now have my Linux box (Red Hat 6.2 plus misc updates) on a DSL line behind a Cisco 678. What protections do I need to have in place to have a reasonable chance of avoiding getting hacked? The system is not on the net 24/7; it's only connected when I'm surfing the web. With this box I don't intend to have any external services available. I guess that means I don't need an ftp daemon or an http daemon. Are there other services I could/should turn off? Is there a web page somewhere that would tell me how to secure this system? Thanks. dsc