Mike,

offering from Symantec you have installed at present. Personally I
use the XP, Vista or Win 7 firewalls and never used a firewall with
Win Me, with my router's SPI & NAT firewall being my primary line of
defence.

I feel I should argue that for someone who really understands routers, like
yourself, fair enough, but for the majority these days they still need a
software firewall i). because enough router firewalls have been compromised
this last year that with certain models it would be the equivalent of users
showing lack of caution online because they believe their antivirus program
stops *all* viruses, and ii). because you need one to tell you what, if
anything, is trying to phone home.

I must be right, because this piece of salmon is done to perfection! QED!

Shane