Cloud service [was: RE: EC2 and GAE means end of ip address reputation industry? (Re: Intrustion attempts from Amazon EC2 IPs)]

Tue Jun 24 03:45:14 UTC 2008

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Frank Bulk - iNAME <frnkblk at iname.com> wrote:
> Ken:
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> Thanks for the info, but that still requires the domain owner to change
> their MX records.  I was wondering if there was something that could
> literally be placed in the flow of traffic, like an FWSM in transparent
> mode.
>

That probably depends a lot on the topology in question... Doing it on
'ethernet' is far different from doing it on T1 over ATM or
channelized oc-48... A Checkpoint FW can do this sort of thing with a
'security server' (though performance is certainly a question...).

I think you're also always stuck in a store-and-forward mode so 'on
the wire' isn't really helpful for SMTP, often you can't make a
decision about an email without getting a large portion of it down, so
snuffing connections mid-stream isn't going to help your email infra
very much :(

-Chris

> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Simpson [mailto:ksimpson at mailchannels.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 5:23 PM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Cloud service [was: RE: EC2 and GAE means end of ip
> addressreputation industry? (Re: Intrustion attempts from Amazon EC2 IPs)]
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>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Frank Bulk - iNAME <frnkblk at
>> iname.com> wrote:
>> > Is there a vendor that makes a product that perform spam/malware
>> > filtering literally in the network, i.e. as a service provider,
>> > can I provide spam filtering for the enterprises in my customer
>> > base by adding a piece of network gear?  I'm not aware of one
>> > today except those who provide enterprise-oriented gateways like
>> > SonicWall.
>>
>> Symantec Mail Security / Turntide
>> Mailchannels Traffic Control
>>
>> --srs
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> BTW, we CAN do "in the cloud" email traffic shaping - on EC2,
> ironically. But also on your own equipment if that's your preference.
>
> Regards,
> Ken
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