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Secure email relay and defense against 'dark
traffic'
Dark Traffic, which currently
represents up to two thirds of all inbound port 25
traffic, is comprised of a combination of spam, spam
precursors like directory Harvest attacks (DHA),
email denial of service (DoS) attacks, malformed
SMTP packets, invalid recipient addresses, and other
requests and communications unrelated to the
delivery of valid email messages. MailGate
Edge is a secure email relay that delivers
state-of-the-art network-based email defense against
these threats at the edi gateway.
The only secure email relay that removes 99%+ of
dark traffic, MailGate Edge can drastically
reduce the administration time, bandwidth
consumption and productivity issues associated with
high volumes of unwanted email.
With MailGate Edge,
organizations can:
- Detect an prevent DoS and DHA
attacks
- Control inbound connections
- Control SMTP errors
- Verify recipients before they
enter your network
- Create IP-based block and
allow lists
- Cut inbound traffic and load
instantly
- Significantly reduce costs by
optimizing network performance and eliminating
the need for costly email server upgrades
By looking at the sender
IP-address, number of connection attempts, message
volume, recipients, and other attributes across SMTP
connections, MailGate Edge is able to identify
network-level patterns consistent with email
security threats and take appropriate defensive
action. for example, DHAs generally come from
one or a few IP addresses, and send a
disproportionately high number of messages with
invalid recipients. DoS attacks typically try
to establish a very large number of connections, or
send a very large number of messages over a small
number of connections
MailGate Edge runs on a
simple-to-manage Linux-based appliance that is tuned
for high-volume message transfer. This
network-level approach provides significant security
without the processing bottlenecks caused by
content-centric email hygiene gateways, plug-ins,
and filters. Organizations can easily scale
MailGate Edge to handle large email volumes by
deploying multiple MailGate Edge appliances using MX
round-robin techniques or a load balancer.
Complete
protection against dark traffic, right out of the
box
MailGate Edge delivers
state-of-the-art defense against network-level email
attacks in a simple-to-manage Linux based appliance.
Key features include:
- An intuitive web-based
administrative user interface offers
point-and-click configuration and graphical
reporting right out of the box, significantly
reducing the time and costs associated with
managing your relay. Seamless LDAP/Active
Directory support further streamlines management
- Integration with your
existing email architecture enables Mailgate
Edge to leverage routing, connection, and
authentication information to identify and
defend against a variety of email attacks,
giving your organization more protection with
fewer resources.
- Scalability up to very
high levels of throughput and the option for
redundant configurations improve the overall
reliability of your email network.
- Because MailGate Edge allows
you to securely process email in the DMZ,
large volumes of inbound junk email never enter
your corporate network. This reduces the
overall amount of inbound email and allows your
anti-spam and anti-virus processes to occur
behind the DMZ
Stopping dark
traffic in the DMZ
System specifications:
Form Factor: 1U
appliance
Processor: 3.06
Ghz Pentium 4
RAM:
1Gb RAM Memory
Dimension: 1.75"h x
17.5"w x 16"d
Power:
110-240V, 50-60Hz
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MailGate Edge
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