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In article <8q4i4b$pfc$1@gavrilo.mtu.ru>, "Andrew" <andrwoods67@aol.com> 
wrote:
> Re: How to protect against Denial Of Service attacks?
> 
> >Sam  wrote:
> >I have heard about Denial of Service attacks on Yahoo, Amazon and
> >several other popular sites. They all had fallen.
> >Where can I find a tool to protect my network?
> 
> You shouls use TCP Shield against such attacks
> Their page: ---===--=-=--===-=-=-=-=---=-=---
> But it works only on Windows95/98/2000 and NT

Another "but":

Noone has yet explained how it is that a tool running on a PC can prevent 
Denial of Service attacks on that same PC.  Smells like this claim, at 
least, for TCP Shield, is snake oil.

Hmm... let's research further...

The posting was titled "Re: ..." but had no "References:" header - hence, it 
is not a correct reply to an original posting.  The attribution line for 
"Sam  wrote:" lists no message-ID, adding to the suggestion that this is not 
a reply, but is an original posting, and "Andrew" claims to be posting from 
aol.com, but comes through a Russian news server.

I'd say that the impression given here is not just that TCPShield is 
unlikely to be able to do what is claimed here, but because of the clearly 
deceitful way in which it is being marketed here, it's highly likely that it 
is merely an attempt to introduce a Trojan horse into people's systems.  My 
recommendation?  Don't even bother to download it - a company that tries to 
sell security software to you by lying is a company that you shouldn't 
bother with.

Alun.
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