Thanks Dennis and sorry for my late reply. I think my list
subscription has gone askew as I've received no list mail and have had
to check the archives for replies.
Anyway, Bastille is just what I was looking for. It appears very
good
and provides whats seems comprehensive security for many areas of the
system
which I hadn't considered.
Do you suppose there is any value in using portsentry, now that I
have
installed Bastille ?
As far as the my other problems go, I have my wheel mouse working,
and
my hard disk hasn't crashed, so I'm feeling pretty hopeful.
Thanks for your help,
regards,
Charlie.