-=> Quoting mark lewis to nancy backus on 06-14-09 23:31 <=-

 ml> hey, if you've had problems in the last day or so accessing my site,

Yup.

 ml> it is due to a new install of the firewall and an update of the
 ml> intrusion detection rules... there is definitely something on your
 ml> system(s) that is doing some sort of scan... possible in preparation
 ml> for connecting but whatever it is is so much like two NMAP scans that
 ml> the IDS rules catches them as NMPA scans and alerts... i've added your

Hmmm...  and I was thinking it might be storm activity in your area.

 ml> IP to the ignore list (again) so you can still access the system... i

Thanks.  :)  I got on fine this morning.  :)

 ml> didn't have the info from the old install available and i still have
 ml> data i need to recover from that drive, too... sorry for the trouble...

You're forgiven. :)  btw, did you forget we had a scrabble game going? 

ttyl     neb

... 12 Hours Of Work!! What Do You Mean Disk Error??