Whichever type of firewall you choose (I still believe both is the best) head over to Steve Gibson's (the Spinrite guy) at
www.grc.com
and have it do a test against your system, you may be amazed at how many holes you have left to plug up.
Fix what it tells you needs fixing, repeat until you are invisible.
[This message has been edited by cordelli (edited Nov 20, 2003).]