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

["Frank Bulk - iNAME" <frnkblk () iname com>]

Ken:

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.

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Simpson [mailto:ksimpson () mailchannels com] 
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 5:23 PM
To: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: Cloud service [was: RE: EC2 and GAE means end of ip
addressreputation industry? (Re: Intrustion attempts from Amazon EC2 IPs)] 

> 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

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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