eSafe 4 mail thwarts 55 security attacks.According to' Beyond Securitys' Aladdin eSafe Black Box Vulnerability Audit Report 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. Server' they have checked the eSafe gateway for direct attacks on the SMTP server component. 'Beyond Security' used 55 different attack vectors The approach used to assault a computer system or network. A fancy way of saying "method or type of attack," the term may refer to a variety of vulnerabilities. For example, an operating system or Web browser may have a flaw that is exploited by a Web site. that reflect the known 'buffer overflow' and 'format string' attacks. The attacks were performed on all SMTP commands supported by the eSafe gateway. During this testing phase they found no signs that would indicate any vulnerability or weakness in the product. All tests were conducted in a real-time environment using eSafe 4 as an SMTP mail relay server. Beyond Security monitored eSafe 4 behavior with a standard debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. tool to verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. the results of any system crashes or poor performance. www.ealaddin.com/esafe 4 |
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