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UserscanbegivendirectaccessbothtomessagesquarantinedbySecurityGatewayandtotheirownquarantinesettings
EMAILSECURITYAlt-N SecurityGatewayProtect your email server with this easy-to-manage application
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malware.It
puts
that
to
good
use
in
Securitygateway,
an
easytomanagestandalonetoolthatcanbeusedtoprotect
mailserversfromawidevarietyofthreats.
Designedforsmalltomediumsizedcompanies,itsits
betweentheInternetandtheemailserver,filteringboth
incomingandoutgoingmessages.Antivirusandantispam
protectionare,naturally,keyoptionswithaClamantivirus
engineasstandard,plusaKasperskyscannerifyoubuythe
ProtectionPlusplugin(from97.44exVatfor10users).
ProtectionPlusalsoaddssocalledOutbreakProtection,to
defendagainstnewandevolvingthreats.However,even
withoutit,thepackageofferscomprehensiveprotection
againstanarrayofmultilayeredthreatsfromspoofedemail
addressesto
the
latest
spyware
and
phishing
exploits.
Securitygatewayisaimedprimarilyatcompaniesrunning
ExchangebutcanbeusedtoprotectanySMTPbasedemail
systemonanyplatform.WetesteditusingExchangeServer
2007onaWindowsSmallBusinessServer2008system(see
reviewpage115)andfounditremarkablyeasytodeploy.
Weinstalleditontothemailserveritself,althoughfor
largerloadsyoumayneedaseparategatewaymachine,
eitherrealorvirtual.Duringsetupyou'repromptedformail
serveranddomainnamesandaskedhowyouwanttoverify
useraddresses. Choiceshereincludemanuallyentering
addresses,SMTP'callforward'verificationagainstthemail
serveror,
when
using
Exchange,
Active
Directory
synchronisation.
Awebbasedinterfaceisprovidedformonitoringand
management,whichwefoundveryeasytofollow.
Logonandyou'reconfrontedwithadashboarddisplay
showingthegateway'sstatuswithgraphssummarising
recentactivity.Comprehensivemonitoring,loggingand
reportingtools
are
also
included.
Thegatewaystartsworkingimmediatelywithdefault
settingsformostofthetools,althoughyoumaywanttogo
inandselectamoreaggressivesetupif,forexample,large
amountsofspamarestillgettingthrough.Youcanalsoadd
sitestotheblacklistsandwhitelistsheldonthegateway,
blockspecificattachmentsandbuildyourowncontent
filters.It'spossibletowritescriptsusingtheopensource
Sievelanguagethatdrivestheapplication.Asimpleeditor
makesthisrelativelyeasytodo,butafairamountof
technicalknowledgeisneeded.
Suspectmessagescanbeflagged,rejected,deletedor
quarantinedin
adatabase
held
on
the
gateway.
One
really
nicefeatureistheusers'abilitytomanagethisthemselves,
whichcanreallycutdownonsupportcalls.Regularemails
canbesentadvisingusersaboutwhat'sintheirquarantine
areasandtheycanbothaccessandmanagethose
messagesdirectlyaswellasbeallowedtochangetheir
quarantinesettingsandmaintaintheirownblacklists.
Otherusefulfeaturesincludeabuiltintooltobackupand
restoretheSecuritygatewaydatabaseandadddisclaimers
tooutgoingmail,althoughonlyinplaintextusingascript.
AdedicatedtooltoadddisclaimerstobothtextandHTML
messagesisscheduledforafuturerelease,asismessage
archiving. However,evenwithouttheseoptions
Securitygatewayis
acomprehensive
as
well
as
very
easy
tomanageemailsecurityprogramthatshoulddowellin
thesmallbusinessmarket.
AlanStevens
Pros CanbeusedwithExchangeorany
SMTPmailserver;simplewebbased
interface;multilayeredprotection:user
managedquarantine
Cons Technicalknowledgeneededtotakeadvantageofadvancedoptions;text
onlydisclaimers
Overall Animpressiveandaffordablenewemailsecuritytoolofferingahigh
levelofprotectioninaformatthat'seasy
tomanage
FeaturesEaseofuseValueformoney
Verdict
Price163.19(191.75exVat)for10usersContactZenSoftware01616605738
www.zensoftware.co.ukSystemrequirementsPentium4processororabove(multicore
recommended)512MBRam(2GB
recommended) WindowsXP,Vista,
WindowsServer2000or2003
NTFSvolumewithaminimum
500MBoffreespace
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Overall
estknownforMDaemon,itspopular
Windowsbasedemailserver,AltNhasyears
ofexperienceindealingwithemailborne
B
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