[ale] OT: A funny one from Computerworld on XP SP2

[Jason Day]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 08:45:33AM -0400, Matthew Brown wrote:
>    * Protection against DoS attacks
> 
>      SP2 should help significantly with denial-of-service (DoS) attacks
>      caused by buffer overflows
>      <http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,82920,00.html>,
>      when too much data is sent to an application's temporary storage
>      area -- sometimes causing that excess data to act as executable
>      code. One of the most popular DoS exploits, buffer overflows will
>      now be prevented from executing commands and will shut down
>      systems instead. It's an inconvenience that's worth the peace of
>      mind that no code can be launched and the device won't be further
>      damaged.

How, exactly, does shutting down a system prevent a DoS attack?  It
seems to me that the most effective way of Denying a Service is to shut
down the whole system.  Or maybe I'm missing something?
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