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Barracuda Networks Praises Recent Federal Crackdown on Internet Scammers; Enhances Award-Winning Spam Firewall with Support for Sender ID Framework
Cupertino, Calif., Aug. 27, 2004 Following the U.S. Department of Justice s announcement to crack down on junk e-mailers, phishers, and other online scammers yesterday, Barracuda Networks, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise-class spam firewall solutions, announced support for the Sender ID Framework, an email authentication system co-authored by Microsoft Corp. and Meng Wong, CTO of pobox.com, which combines Microsoft s Caller ID for Email proposal and Wong s SPF (Sender Policy Framework) into a single framework for the industry to prevent domain spoofing in email.
"We applaud the ongoing efforts made by the federal government to crackdown on the worst Internet offenders, said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. "We have long believed that spam legislation on its own will have little effect on curbing this plague. It is only through legal enforcement and strong technology deployment that we can effectively restore email as a viable business communications tool."
"We believe that implementing support for Sender ID Framework to the Barracuda Spam Firewall s already robust feature set underscores our commitment to protecting customers from the fraudulent activities that are targeting email users, continued Drako. We are pleased to join Microsoft as they work to standardize this important technology."
The Sender ID Framework, which is currently being considered by the Internet Engineering Task Force for Internet standardization, aims to prevent e-mail domain spoofing and to provide greater protection against spam and phishing schemes through sender authentication. This technology enables the Barracuda Spam Firewall to verify that the message was sent from an authorized email server and deliver or block the message.
"Support from industry leaders, such as Barracuda Networks, is vital to achieving the global adoption needed for the Sender ID Framework to be successful as a key step in the fight against spam and phishing attacks," said Craig Spiezle, director of Industry and Partner Relations, Microsoft Safety Technology and Strategy Team. "We are pleased to have Barracuda Networks support for Sender ID and look forward to engaging their expertise in the fight against spam and other threats."
Support for Sender ID Framework is planned for deployment with firmware version 3.0 which will be included automatically for new Barracuda Spam Firewall customers and will deploy to current customers at no additional charge. More information on the Sender ID Framework is available at: www.microsoft.com/senderid.
About the Barracuda Spam Firewall Family The Barracuda Spam Firewall is available in four models and supports from 1,000 to 25,000 active users with no per user licensing fees. The Barracuda Spam Firewall can be installed in front of the email server in typically less than five minutes and is automatically updated hourly to block new forms of spam and viruses. Its architecture leverages open source spam and virus solutions in conjunction with ten defense layers: denial of service and security protection, IP block list, rate control, virus check with archive decompression, proprietary virus check, user specified rules, spam fingerprint check, intention analysis, spam rule-based scoring, and Bayesian analysis. This architecture minimizes the processing of each email, which yields the performance required to process millions of messages per day. Unlike software solutions, the Barracuda Spam Firewall reduces the load placed on the email server by off-loading both spam and virus filtering. Barracuda Networks also offers the Energize Update subscription service to automatically update the Barracuda Spam Firewall with the latest spam rules and virus definitions.
About Barracuda Networks, Inc. Established in 2002, Barracuda Networks, Inc., is the price and performance leader in the spam solutions market. Barracuda Networks manufactures the Barracuda Spam Firewall Family of solutions, the optimal plug and play hardware solution for enterprise-class spam filter and virus protection. The Barracuda Spam Firewall won the Editor's Choice and the 2004 Well-Connected Award for best anti-spam solutions from Network Computing. The company is privately held with headquarters in Cupertino, California. For more information please visit www.barracuda.com or call 1-888-ANTI-SPAM.
"We applaud the ongoing efforts made by the federal government to crackdown on the worst Internet offenders, said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks. "We have long believed that spam legislation on its own will have little effect on curbing this plague. It is only through legal enforcement and strong technology deployment that we can effectively restore email as a viable business communications tool."
"We believe that implementing support for Sender ID Framework to the Barracuda Spam Firewall s already robust feature set underscores our commitment to protecting customers from the fraudulent activities that are targeting email users, continued Drako. We are pleased to join Microsoft as they work to standardize this important technology."
The Sender ID Framework, which is currently being considered by the Internet Engineering Task Force for Internet standardization, aims to prevent e-mail domain spoofing and to provide greater protection against spam and phishing schemes through sender authentication. This technology enables the Barracuda Spam Firewall to verify that the message was sent from an authorized email server and deliver or block the message.
"Support from industry leaders, such as Barracuda Networks, is vital to achieving the global adoption needed for the Sender ID Framework to be successful as a key step in the fight against spam and phishing attacks," said Craig Spiezle, director of Industry and Partner Relations, Microsoft Safety Technology and Strategy Team. "We are pleased to have Barracuda Networks support for Sender ID and look forward to engaging their expertise in the fight against spam and other threats."
Support for Sender ID Framework is planned for deployment with firmware version 3.0 which will be included automatically for new Barracuda Spam Firewall customers and will deploy to current customers at no additional charge. More information on the Sender ID Framework is available at: www.microsoft.com/senderid.
About the Barracuda Spam Firewall Family The Barracuda Spam Firewall is available in four models and supports from 1,000 to 25,000 active users with no per user licensing fees. The Barracuda Spam Firewall can be installed in front of the email server in typically less than five minutes and is automatically updated hourly to block new forms of spam and viruses. Its architecture leverages open source spam and virus solutions in conjunction with ten defense layers: denial of service and security protection, IP block list, rate control, virus check with archive decompression, proprietary virus check, user specified rules, spam fingerprint check, intention analysis, spam rule-based scoring, and Bayesian analysis. This architecture minimizes the processing of each email, which yields the performance required to process millions of messages per day. Unlike software solutions, the Barracuda Spam Firewall reduces the load placed on the email server by off-loading both spam and virus filtering. Barracuda Networks also offers the Energize Update subscription service to automatically update the Barracuda Spam Firewall with the latest spam rules and virus definitions.
About Barracuda Networks, Inc. Established in 2002, Barracuda Networks, Inc., is the price and performance leader in the spam solutions market. Barracuda Networks manufactures the Barracuda Spam Firewall Family of solutions, the optimal plug and play hardware solution for enterprise-class spam filter and virus protection. The Barracuda Spam Firewall won the Editor's Choice and the 2004 Well-Connected Award for best anti-spam solutions from Network Computing. The company is privately held with headquarters in Cupertino, California. For more information please visit www.barracuda.com or call 1-888-ANTI-SPAM.