Re: New SANS Discount Programs to Educational Centers

[JS Gluck <jsgluck () SYR EDU>]

Hi -

We, Syracuse University, have started to use Brightmail's anti-SPAM product
with tremendous success. We automatically delete all SPAM and then forward
the remaining email through Trend Micro's anti-virus filter. We run both
applications on a Sun Solaris box using the open source sendmail milter
interface. The installation of the system took a little time, but the
support burdens are minimal.

It seems that we average 70% SPAM and 1.5% email viruses, except during the
sobig fiasco, during a normal day. We fluctuate between 200,000 to 400,000
mail messages per day.

Jenny
Director, Network and System Services


At 06:06 PM 12/1/2003, Joe St Sauver wrote:
> Hi Ronnie,
>
> #SPAM is an ever present problem across college campuses and we have our own
> #issues as well where this issue is concerned. I know that there are quite a
> #few software packages available that may adequately address the problem, but
> #at the same time might be a bit pricey. Is there anyone out there that has
> #used SPAM software that has worked well for their respective campus, is
> #fairly cost effective, and doesn't take an Army of security engineers to
> #setup and install?
>
> You can read about the near-zero out-of-pocket cost DNSBL-based solution we
> use at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/spamwar/ (PPT and PDF formats
> provided). Couple of changes since that presentation this summer:
>
> -- the Wirehub/Easynet DNSBL has discontinued operation effective December 1
>    (use SORBS or NJABL instead), and
> -- a new extremely effective DNSBL, the CBL (see http://cbl.abuseat.org/ )
>    has become available.
>
> If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a note off list and I'd be
> glad to visit with you about those concerns.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe St Sauver (joe () oregon uoregon edu)
> University of Oregon Computing Center
>
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