alpha shield ???

[Briab Guy]

Has anyone herd of or used alpha shield? I am not familure with it an dmy brother is buying it. I asked hiom to wait untill I could find out about it.
I suggested a router, but who listens.
He has DSL and is scared of hacking etc...
thanks for any help.

[eldon]

Heres the site that tells about it,its a firewall,havent heard of it myself,but he could have saved money as there are free firewalls out there zonealarm is one,I think another is Kerio,anyway the site that tells about yours is http://alphashield.clayparker.net/

[glc]

Here's a review:

http://www.kickstartnews.com/reviews/hardware/alphashield_security.html

I like this comment:

It's a paranoid's dream come true.

For $130 you can get a damn good router with a SPI firewall *and* Zone Alarm Pro. That combination will blow this device away without the inconveniences.

[Briab Guy]

Yea, I know everyone has herd the line ..."I got this friend"...
But believe me, if I ever get that paranoid I will just unplug my modem for 130$.

I was hoping to find enough bad about it to dissuade my bro from buying it. And if the info comes from me then it doesnt count.
Thanks

[Briab Guy]

I should have added that the quote fits my brother to a "T".

[glc]

The only "bad" I can find about it is the incredible inconvenience of having to hit the connect button before it times out and cuts you off. This would just be annoying as hell to me. Technically, it looks like it's a good appliance that works as advertised. I'd never use one.

[Briab Guy]

yep, I couldn't agree witrh you more. Every 15 min would drive me nuts. I have a strong feeling that my brother didn't know about that item.
I had looked around the web site and I don't remember reading anything like that, and he never mentioned it.
Also he has less patience then I do sometimes so at the very least this should be interesting to see what happens. I gave him one to two months before he just shuts it off.
HEY, maybe I will inherit a alpha shield! Know anyone looking for one?
Thanks again glc
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PS: why dont these replies count towards my avatar numbers?
They really should you know. Matter of fact, I am thinking that the number should be lowered to, ahh, say some where around, ohh, I guess 500. That is just a number off the top of my head of course. It has nothing to do with "my" number being around 500.
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