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News - November 2005

Nerex.com bets safe with Webscreen Technology

Website hosting company protects its customers with DDoS solution from Webscreen Technology

Leeds, UK - 28th November 2005. Leading IT security provider, Webscreen Technology today announced a contract, to supply distributed denial of service (DDoS) security to website hosting company Nerex.com. By working with Webscreen, Nerex.com can assure that users of the many online casino, poker and gambling sites can play and bet online with confidence and without the threat of their experience being hijacked by a DDoS attack.

The online gaming industry is under constant threat, with companies receiving mafia style extortion threats on a daily basis. In particular, Nerex.com's customers have experienced up to three attacks a week, threatening to take down customer sites if they don't surrender and hand over the protection money.

"We needed to find a straight forward solution to a very complex problem. The Webscreen solution offered protection that other DDoS solutions simply didn't match. With Webscreen we were assured that our service would still be able to run even under the most vicious attack and every customer would be protected at all times, "explains Tim McNally, director, Nerex.com. "The Webscreen team has helped me sleep better at night."

If emails demanding money do not work, attackers bombard the website with millions of requests that it simply cannot process. . If unprotected, the effect that these attacks can have on sites can be devastating and will ultimately lead to loss of revenue and reputation.

Robin Hill, vice president of sales at Webscreen comments: "With the Webscreen DDoS solution, these threats still happen, but the gaming sites can trade with confidence that nothing can happen and therefore don't have to pay the money."

A failover pair of Webscreen Denial Of Service mitigation appliances were implemented at Nerex.com's secure hosting centre, to examine all traffic entering and leaving the site. The Webscreen WS100 is the world's most advanced defence against DDoS attacks. It is a network layer intrusion prevention device, specifically architected to prevent outage due to network layer attack. Generally deployed between the Internet and the Firewall , the heart of Webscreen is it's multiphase packet inspection engine, known as CHARM, which makes use of an anomaly based heuristic algorithm to prevent outages and reduced service due to network layer events.

"The Webscreen team understood our position completely and provided us with a solution to match our customers requirements. They have been incredibly supportive and we are extremely happy with the service we receive. Our clients customers can now play and bet with uninterrupted service," concludes McNally. "Without this DDoS protection there is no way we could sustain our market position. This product sets us apart from the competition."