I am new to this mailing list - this should be a response to an already started thread that I cannot see: IntelliguardIT has a new class of network appliance that installs inline (layer 2 appliance). It has no impact on current network capacity and automatically manages flash crowds gracefully. To date the company has over-invested in technology and under-invested in sales and marketing. That is changing now: the company is moving to The Bay Area. As a testament to this over-investment we have a few customers in Asia who had CiscoGuard and/or Arbor Network solutions deployed - they were failing! IntelliGuard's solution solved their DDoS problems. If you would like to learn more please contact me directly (the IntelliGuardIT website is quite dated at this stage. Thanks, ..Gerald