LAST EDITED ON Feb-12-01 AT 05:53 AM (GMT)As soon as you are up and running so is the firewall. I have doorstop firewall before I had the barricade, and since it has been added I haven't had a single access attempt. I now wish I had the barricade first, then I wouldn't have had to buy the doorstop software. So start using the barricade and feel safe. chris.............