CipherTrust Joins Microsoft, EarthLink, Bank of America and Others in Worldwide Support for E-Mail Authentication.ATLANTA -- Thirty-six Industry Principals Send Letter to FTC FTC See Federal Trade Commission (FTC). , Showing Worldwide Collaboration in the Ongoing Fight against Spam CipherTrust, the leader in messaging security, today announced its continued support for e-mail authentication The verification that an e-mail message has been sent by the domain name in the From field. Called "domain spoofing," spammers falsify the From address in their messages in order not to be identified. approaches, including Sender ID An e-mail authentication system from Microsoft that is based on Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records in the DNS system. Sender ID uses Microsoft's proprietary Purported Responsible Address (PRA) method for checking the headers within the message body. Framework (SIDF (System Independent Data Format) An international standard format for storing data along with its file system. When conceived by the SIDF Association in 1993, its primary purpose was to allow backup tapes created by one vendor to be readable by another vendor's ) and Yahoo's DomainKeys, in a letter presented to the FTC on Friday, November 5. The letter, signed by industry leaders including CipherTrust, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK ELNK EarthLink, Inc. (stock symbol) ELNK Ethernet Link ), Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Amazon.com, eBay and 30 others, was presented in conjunction with the upcoming FTC E-mail Authentication Summit, being held in Washington, D.C., November 9-10, 2004. "CipherTrust's support in helping to communicate our commitment to protect consumers and businesses helps to reassure the confidence and reliability of e-mail as a valuable communication and business tool," said Craig Spiezle, director of the Safety Technology and Strategy Group at Microsoft. "The fight against spoofing and phishing has proven to be a critical one, and the support that CipherTrust has demonstrated for e-mail authentication technologies by uniting with the industry in the FTC letter has confirmed the industry's dedication in the ongoing battle against spam." Because e-mail authentication is a vital weapon in the anti-spam artillery, these leading companies and organizations have united to applaud the FTC for its ongoing commitment to driving the importance of e-mail authentication. Additionally, the letter to the FTC requests ongoing support for the adoption of the Sender ID Framework, as well as advance signing technologies such as Cisco's Internet Mail See Internet e-mail service. and Yahoo's DomainKeys which can be rapidly deployed to meet the needs of consumers and enterprises worldwide. For additional information on how to review and implement these e-mail authentication alternatives, please visit www.truste.org/authentication. As an early champion of e-mail authentication standards, CipherTrust was the first messaging security company to incorporate the anti-spoofing protocol Sender Policy Framework See SPF. (SPF (1) (Stateful Packet Firewall) See stateful inspection. (2) (Sender Policy Framework) An e-mail authentication system that verifies that the message came from an authorized mail server. ) into its product offering. Futhermore, since the protocol's availability, many of CipherTrust's customers have recognized its importance and registered their SPF records, making it increasingly difficult for spammers to target the messaging systems of the Company's customers, which include more than 30 percent of the Fortune 100. "It is encouraging to see many organizations rally around the importance of e-mail authentication protocols such as Sender ID Framework in order to eliminate spoofing, and greatly affect the problems of phishing and spamming," said Dr. Paul Judge Sir Paul Judge is a leader in financial services and in education. He is Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc, a director of Standard Bank Group Ltd of Johannesburg and a member of the Advisory Boards for Barclays Private Bank and for Abraaj Capital of Dubai. , chief technology officer at CipherTrust. "Companies like Microsoft and CipherTrust have been committed to developing and deploying e-mail authentication standards, enabling consumers and enterprises to implement an effective solution to a very large problem. The industry's continued support throughout the adoption process is a critical step in eliminating the threat of spoofing and phishing, and this most recent collaboration is a means to that end." About CipherTrust, Inc. CipherTrust is the leader in messaging security. Recognized as the market leader by IDC, the company's award-winning IronMail appliance protects the messaging systems of more enterprise e-mail users than any other solution, including 30 percent of the Fortune 100. CipherTrust pioneered messaging security by uniquely combining the five critical e-mail security components of spam and fraud prevention, virus and worm protection, policy and content compliance, e-mail privacy, and intrusion prevention into a single easy to deploy and manage platform. The company is backed by top-tier investors including Battery Ventures and Greylock Partners. For more information on CipherTrust, please visit www.ciphertrust.com or call 877.448.8625. CipherTrust and IronMail are registered trademarks of CipherTrust, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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