As an aside to my post, before I got my little DSL firewall/router/dhcp server combo switch, I usually left Agnitum Outpost running in the background and didn't notice too much of a difference in speed (and the difference I noticed was because my machine is older and the lost mem/cpu cycles are noticeable, not so much of a network impact); however, now that I have the firewall/router/dhcp server, I still run Agnitum when browsing the web to block ads and the like, but don't feel nearly as worried about dropping it to play America's Army or MOH or something...and since installing it haven't noticed a single probe.

So if you are worried about it and are on broadband, look into getting something like this (which IMHO is a little bit better than using a personal firewall assuming you have a good/strict policy on the firewall).


/nebulus