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RE: [lists] Re: About AsyncOS from IronPort
From: "Curt Purdy" <purdy () tecman com>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 19:32:07 -0400
We use IronPort and I highly recommend it. Sophos is a great first line of defense, IronPort's own Anti-SPAM is also a good first line with the installed BrightMail nicely cleaning 98% of the rest with no false positives. Our email admin now actually has time on his hands instead of working overtime and weekends. Curt Purdy CISSP, GSNA, GSEC, CNE, MCSE+I, CCDA Information Security Officer If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke
-----Original Message----- From: Lynx [mailto:lynx () enemy org] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:12 PM To: pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: [lists] Re: About AsyncOS from IronPort Hello! I did an evaluation for sysadmin purposes of an Ironport gateway. On Mar 30, 2006 at 1659 +0200, carlopmart appeared and said:somebody knows which software for MTA, anti-spam engine,etc IronPortuse?. I find that antivirus is sophos.Antivirus engine is Sophos. The MTA is their own. They developed an high-performance MTA for AOL and use it in their appliances. The antivirus engine is either Symantec Brightmail or again their own antivirus engine.- AsyncOS kernel supports more than 10,000 simultaneousconnections.Is this right? Linux and BSD kernels doesn't support this "feature"?AsyncOS is vere capable and can handle such load. It depends on the hardware though. AsyncOS is based on *BSD; Linux and *BSD can handle similar loads if configured properly.- "IronPort also developed a high performance file systemand an I/Odriven scheduler optimized for the asynchronous nature ofmessaging".Is this high performance filesystem based on UFS2, ext3,reiser, ...etc or a new type of filesystem?I have no information about their filesystem.- "For example, 1000 threads,each with a 1MB stack, wouldconsume 1GB of RAM! [...]" Really??I think you might have to try it. I believe that the system uses load limits when under pressure, but we didn't test that. Best, Lynx. -------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Concerned about Web Application Security? As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/forms/ec.php?pubid=10025 And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com -------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------
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