BorderWare Announces MXtreme Mail Firewall Version 4.0; New Features, Functionality Set The Benchmark For Email Security.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2004 BorderWare Technologies Inc., The Security Appliances Company(TM), today announced MXtreme Mail Firewall version 4.0. MXtreme 4.0 adds new features and functionality in five key areas - security, policy enforcement, manageability, audit reporting, and availability - to deliver the industry's most robust solution for securing an enterprise's entire email infrastructure. MXtreme 4.0 - The Benchmark for Email Security MXtreme protects enterprise email from threats including Denial-of-Service attacks like MyDoom, buffer overflows, directory harvesting, spam, viruses, and other vulnerabilities that could paralyze par·a·lyze v. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. email communications. Version 4.0 sets the benchmark for email security with enhancements in five key areas: Security: MXtreme is built on BorderWare's S-Core(TM) hardened and optimized operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. that has been field-tested on the Internet for 10 years and certified under the Common Criteria (Common Criteria for Information Technology Security) An international standard process for defining security objectives and for evaluating compliance with those objectives. The Common Criteria have largely replaced the Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC), the Canadian at Evaluation Assurance Level The Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL1 through EAL7) of an IT product or system is a numerical grade assigned following the completion of a Common Criteria security evaluation, an international standard in effect since 1999. 4 (EAL EAL English as an Additional Language EAL Evaluation Assurance Level EAL Eastern Airlines EAL Emergency Action Level EAL Environmental Analysis Laboratory EAL Evidence Analysis Library (American Dietetic Association) 4) as part of the BorderWare Firewall Server. MXtreme itself is currently under assessment by the Common Criteria for EAL4 certification, a process that is expected to complete in the next 30 days. This would make MXtreme the first email firewall appliance A device that provides firewall protection for a network. It includes all the necessary hardware and software in a self-contained package that plugs in between the two networks being isolated. Most firewall appliances are solid state and include a stripped down operating system. to achieve EAL4. Policy Enforcement: MXtreme delivers advanced spam detection, built-in anti-virus scanning, attachment controls and a full range of content filters that can be selectively applied by group and individual user for full policy control. New in version 4.0 are further improvements in MXtreme's native anti-spam technology, yielding improved detection and accuracy, and less IT administration with the addition of user-based spam quarantine, personal whitelisting, and advanced disposition controls. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. authentication can be enabled to allow external servers or clients to relay mail through MXtreme based on local user accounts, Radius or LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. authentication. A state-of-the-art policy enforcement engine now offers full LDAP integration. Manageability: MXtreme 4.0 reduces the costs of administration, improves overall security and delivers real control with a centralized consolidated solution. The new version integrates with leading SNMP-based enterprise management suites. In addition, LDAP is fully integrated to authenticate access and manage groups and users. Audit Reporting: MXtreme has the most powerful email reporting system available, allowing complete audit, monitoring, and accounting of all messaging activities. In MXtreme 4.0 reports and email database queries can be generated across single or clustered systems. An audit trail of administrative activities is also new. Availability: MXtreme 4.0 introduces HALO(TM) (High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. Load Optimization), a failsafe clustering architecture for high availability that ensures email is never lost due to individual system failure. MXtreme 4.0 is the first email firewall to provide enterprises with a carrier-grade failsafe clustering architecture for high availability, which is achieved through its unique security, cluster management, load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them and optimization, and patent-pending "stateful failover" capabilities. "The business criticality of e-mail is forcing organizations to thoroughly evaluate their email security infrastructure. Beyond spam and viruses, enterprises must focus on overall email security, policy enforcement, reporting and auditing, and high availability," said Matt Cain Matthew Thomas Cain (born October 1 1984 in Dothan, Alabama) is a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is ft in ( m) tall and weighs lb ( kg). , Sr. Vice President, META Group. "Elements like SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. MIBs, EAL4 certification, an emphasis on manageability and stability provide market differentiation in this complex and vibrant market." About BorderWare BorderWare Technologies Inc. is The Security Appliances Company. The company's MXtreme Mail Firewall appliance installs at the network edge to deliver the most comprehensive perimeter security for an organization's email infrastructure. MXtreme protects against Denial-of-Service attacks like MyDoom, buffer overflows, directory harvesting, spam, viruses, and other vulnerabilities that could paralyze email communications. More than 1500 systems are deployed in 34 countries at various military, intelligence, defense, national security agencies, and corporations. BorderWare has affiliations and partnerships with some of the industry's most prominent companies in Internet infrastructure and security including Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, RSA Security, Research In Motion (RIM), Brightmail, Kaspersky Labs, BlueCat Networks, Network Engines and SSH Communications Security SSH Communications Security is a Finnish company that is based in Helsinki and was founded by Tatu Ylönen in 1995. It is known as the original developer of the Secure Shell protocol and it currently has about 80 employees. . Founded in 1994, BorderWare is a private company headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in London, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Dubai, Dallas, San Jose, and Washington DC. For more information visit http://www.borderware.com or call 1-877-814-7900. (C) 2004 BorderWare Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. BorderWare, The Security Appliances Company, MXtreme, The Benchmark for Email Security and HALO are trademarks of BorderWare Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. |
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