Symantec Mail Security for Domino 8.0.5 Beta (Native 64 bit Windows and AIX)

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Symantec Mail Security for Domino 8.0.5 to Support 64 bit Windows and AIX in March 2010

The upcoming release of SMS DOM 8.0.5 will provide native 64 bit support to Lotus Domino 8.5 on Windows and AIX. It will allow for cross platform replication / management across AIX 5.3/6.1 and Windows 2003/2008 for 32 and 64 bit.

SMS DOM is expected to be the first to support native 64 bit for AIX and the only product to provide mix platform policy management capabilities.

This release is on target for March 2010 GA.

In addition to the current v8.0 feature set, this release adds:

Native 64 bit support on both Windows and AIX environments optimizes for performance and scalability

Refined product architecture further improves performance and disk I/O

Unified virus definitions management and replication across clusters

Content violation detection inside container files and attachments

Enhanced logging and error handling

Content filtering support in Scheduled and On-demand scans

Custom email disclaimers and signatures

Customers can get a head start to their migration by setting up SMS DOM 8.0 in their test environment with the exact policies they want in place. They will be able to upgrade that environment to 8.0.5 and replicate those settings to their production servers.

We are now accepting applications for the AIX 64 beta. Customers interested in participating may be provided the following application link:

https://symbeta.symantec.com/callout/?callid=097C9BA92A08430581C7FAF0237C6D0D

The Windows beta will start shortly thereafter.

Linux, Solaris, and iSeries continue to be supported via SMS DOM 3.2.

Minh

PS. Look for us at Lotusphere next week in Florida!

Minh Phan

Senior Product Manager

Messaging Security

San Francisco, CA 94107

Symantec Corporation

Email: minh_phan@symantec.com

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Subject: We use it and I don’t like it.

We use the 6.5 version (I think) and I’m not crazy about how it works.

It can’t use a DNS Blacklist service like Spamhaus

It doesn’t access the Domino Directory to reject email not addressed to a local user (leaves the Domino server to do that.)

Because it doesn’t access the Domino Directory to reject email, it can’t block a server after a preset number of bad email addresses.

Therefore, it appears to a spammer that the server is more than happy to accept every single email it sends to our domain.

Our mail servers spend more time rejecting emails to unknown users than anything else…thousands upon thousands…all day long.

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Subject: Symantec Mail Security: We use it and I don’t like it.

Regarding your concerns about SMS handing SPAM, etc., I’d recommend getting some sort of special-purpose email server to act as a gateway to your internal email–and having your Domino server tucked safely behind a firewall, using the gateway as a “smart host” to deliver email to/from the internet.

There are a number of these devices around from a variety of vendors (or, you could configure one on Linux, Windows, etc. using something like Sendmail, EXIM, etc.).

By doing this, you’re offloading a lot of the SPAM garbage before it gets to the Domino server…plus the special purpose systems/devices are focused on email security as their primary function–and they will do virus scanning, spam blocking, white/black listing, TLS encryption (if desired), etc.

That also lets you put the Domino Server behind a protected firewall…which greatly limits the access people have to your Domino server and all the ports/services/etc. (and, thus, should greatly reduce your risk to security vulnerabilities and pesky snooping/poking against your Domino server).