is a very simple test environment, basically Im using my nix box and testing hydra against a w2k3 machine, that is patched, I do not know if that is the reason why I keep getting the reject connection, because I've never used it before, I have tried brutus a couple of times, but like any bruteforce remote login password cracker it leaves too many traces behind on the log.........although brutus seems to work better at least establish a connection and launches the attack regardless the service, not the case with hydra