yeah, i think snort is great... the only drawback that i can see of it is -> http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=241636

besides that, i think it's a great FREE product (for those of us with no money ) anyway- you seem to have things under control now btw- i've never run it under HPUX (ha, haven't played with an HP since the Apollo(s))