Dear Sirs/Madams, 1. Is there a way to have Samba require SSL when communicating with the nodes? I used to have a Windows 2000 Server which required IPSec in communicating with the nodes and are looking for the same effect here. I am using the program WinSCP 2.0 (http://winscp.vse.cz/) to access files on Samba. 2. Which overrides what? The list of allowed IP's in the host.allow files or the list of IP's in smb.conf Thank You Petter --- Petter T. Olsson Consultant/Advisor II Cornell University Veterinary College CPPS/DCS Ithaca, NY 14853-6401 (607) 253-3411