My name is Tom Budar and I manage a network of Unix workstations from various vendors (IBM, HP, Sun). I have been given the opportunity to take part in the implementation of a firewall on the network. TCP/IP is a fairly new technology to me (I have been working with for about 1.5 years) and I want to gain a more through understanding of it through the learning process of designing the firewall. Regards, Tom Budar tbudar@ix.netcom.com tom.budar@trw.com