Firewall for experienced user (suggestions)

[Napoleon]

Hi Guys,

I've been looking at different firewalls (but by no means all of them) but am not able to find one that suits what I think I need. Here is a list of what I need:

I need:
A firewall that is a firewall (they can keep the kitchen sink) [That is to say, I'm not looking for an Internet Security Suite],
Ability to see a real-time network activity summary and take actions based on what it is showing (like McAfee used to have in their version 4 firewall),
Ability to allow/block 'one time' in addition to the always allow/disallow,
Option to rule match on a filename in addition to filename/MD5 (So I don't have to update all my rules each time I get a Firefox update),
Function to save log-files to disk automatically,
Application Launch control,
Application Hooking control,
Ability to group the rule list by application,
Has an intuitive user-friendly User Interface (I want power but Windows superseded DOS a long time ago).

I'm not necessarily looking for free software, but I will only pay for something I think is good. I have lots of friends who will tell me this one or that one is the best and I should use it... My general opinion is that most companies offering firewalls are dumbing down their software so they can target the mass market.

If someone knows of one that covers ALL of the above, let me know.


Cheers,
Nap