Forwarded from: security curmudgeon <jericho (at) attrition.org> : http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2079035,00.asp : : By Matt Hines : January 4, 2007 : : Cisco Systems announced on Jan. 4 that it has agreed to buy IronPort, a : provider of messaging and Web security appliances, for approximately : $830 million. : : Cisco called the e-mail filtering and anti-spam technologies marketed by : IronPort, based in San Bruno, Calif., a "natural extension" of its : growing security portfolio. The company has made a significant push into : the security space over the last several years, aggressively expanding : its product lineup, which includes technologies such as firewalls and : its NAC (Network Admission Control) authentication tools. : : The networking market leader said that IronPort's messaging security : software and appliances will specifically complement its threat : mitigation, secure communications, policy control and infrastructure : management technologies. http://news.spamcop.net/pipermail/spamcop-mail/2004-January/012654.html Spamcop is now owned by a spam-friendly company, IronPort. IronPort sells a "spamming appliance", with IP spoofing built in. See http://www.ironport.com/products/ironport_a_series.html Look at the spammer friendly features. "Supports up to 256 outbound IP addresses", to get around netblocks. "Sustained delivery rates excess of 1 million messages per hour". http://web.archive.org/web/20030402125516/www.ironport.com/products/ The IronPort A60: The World's Leading Outbound Email Delivery Appliance Maximum Performance and Features The IronPort A60 is the flagship of the IronPort A-Series product line. The IronPort A60 has massive performance, capable of sustained delivery rates in excess of 1 million messages per hour. The IronPort A60 also has a mail merge API that allows the system to render and deliver messages, taking load off the database and increasing message delivery rates. IronPort's Virtual Gateway technology allows a single IronPort to deliver separate campaigns on unique IP addresses. This technology ensures that if one campaign has a problem with less than perfect spam filters at receiving ISPs, it won't impact other campaigns on separate Virtual Gateways. Each IronPort A60 supports up to 256 unique outbound IP addresses. _____________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn
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