On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 10:07, Cris Fuhrman wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:43:32 -0500 (EST), Tom Gwilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The response was along the lines of "not available at this time, and it > > would cost you tens of thousands of dollars to implement with existing > > hardware, etc". > > > > OK - so I found a Dell 1600SC, put FreeBSD, Postfix, and SpamAssassin on > > it, and forwarded all outbound SMTP traffic from our main MX to that box. > > Total cost - less than $2000. Total spam stopped since implementation - > > over 500,000 messages. Feeling of relief - priceless. > > I'm not defending Barracuda, but to be fair with your cost comparison, > you need to say how much of your time you spent, including all the > up-to-date security patches, etc. I think it makes a big difference, > especially when you're talking about all three items (OS, Postfix, > SpamAssassin). > > Also, does anyone know if Barracuda boxes "update themselves" with > respect to OS security? The "set it and forget it" mentality is > dangerous for any device. A lot of IIS web servers were set up using > this thought process.
We have been using one for about 6-8 months now. Yes it did relieve a good deal of pressure from out main e-mail servers... There are 3 things which get updated depending on what you have purchased. Spam definition updates... which seem to come out every 2-7 days depending on what is being seen... Second is the virus definition file... these two can be configured to update automatically or manually and check for updates, hourly or daily... The 3rd item is the firmware, these is where the OS security patches as OS changes take place... And yes we have as security updates... Firmware is not automatically updated, you are notified by the system that there is an update available and then you can go download it thru the web interface.. then reboot to implement... It also stores the previous version of all these files, so after one is installed and if there is a problem, you can revert back to the previous version which supposedly worked... We had several issues in order to get it to work within out environment and the barracuda folks have been very responsive to our requests.... See-ya Mitch > > The data sheet I found on their web site doesn't mention anything > about software updates. > > Cris > > -- > Help reduce spam by "educating" lax, zombie-hosting ISPs: > http://pages.infinit.net/filmore/educateYourISP.htm -- /####################################################################/ /# Mitchell "Buzz" Baker "To Infinity And Beyond..." #/ /# Sr. Systems/Security Admin Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology #/ /# [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rose-hulman.edu #/ /# For PGP Public key, check out www.keyserver.net #/ /####################################################################/
