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White Paper
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CIPA Compliance and the Barracuda Web Filter
The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress in December 2000, addressing concerns about access to offensive Internet content on school and library computers. In addition to protecting the overall security of a computer network, the Barracuda Web Filter provides the specific content filtering protections typically required to enforce policies necessary to obtain CIPA compliance.
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Comprehensive Email Filtering: Barracuda Spam Firewall Safeguards Legitimate Email
Today, there are a number of solutions designed to help alleviate the spam problem. Barracuda Networks designed the affordable Barracuda Spam Firewall as an easy-to-use, enterprise-class hardware and software solution for businesses of all sizes that comprehensively evaluates each email, using two main classes of sophisticated algorithms and techniques: Connection Management and Mail Scanning.
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Load Balancing using DNS MX Records
There are two ways to load balance email using standard DNS MX records. The first technique is to define multiple MX records with the same priority. The second is to define multiple A records with the same name and different IP addresses. In addition to providing load balancing, both methods also provide automatic failover.
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STARTTLSL E-mail Encryption Using the Barracuda Spam Firewall
STARTTLS is the emerging industry SMTP feature for encryption of e-mail communications. The STARTTLS command is used to negotiate an encrypted session using TLS, adding an increased layer of security by encrypting the e-mail transmission channel as messages cross the Internet.
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The Barracuda IM Firewall: Enabling Corporate Compliance
Instant messaging (IM) is quickly becoming the medium of choice for rapid business communications and its use is growing at an astounding rate, forcing the government to regulate the use of electronic communications in various industries. The Barracuda IM Firewall enable compliance according to: Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, CIPA and Gramm-Leach-Bliley regulations.
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Case Study
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Barracuda Networks Helps Large Web Hosting Provider Combat Outbound Spam
In late 2005, HostMySite.com administrators found that several of its 50 email servers were being overrun by zombies that were using many of HostMySite.com’s 50,000 domains to run illegitimate email through. After intensive research, HostMySite.com’s administrators decided to take advantage of Barracuda Networks free trial period to evaluate the Barracuda Spam Firewall 600 – Outbound.
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Oklahoma City Takes Spam Off the Agenda
The City of Oklahoma City needed a strong solution to eliminate spam and viruses from its network that would not break the bank. Featuring no per user licensing fees, the Barracuda Spam Firewall 400 was the ideal fit.
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Satisfied Barracuda Spam Firewall Customer Returns for Spyware Protection
North Central Kansas Technical College uses Barracuda Spyware Firewall 410 to protect against spyware and viruses
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School District Controls Web Content and Stops Spyware with Barracuda Networks
Kingsville Independent School District, located in the southern Texas city of Kingsville, was established in 1909. The school district consists of 12 facilities which include an administrative building, maintenance and transportation facility, family-involvement center, and nine school campuses.
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School District Expels Spam and Viruses with Barracuda Spam Firewall 300
Educational organizations, from the K-12 level through the University level, often operate on strict IT budgets, however the need for a strong spam and virus solution remains. For the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District the problem of spam and viruses was an increasing challenge for the district staff and school administrators that relied on email. The Barracuda Spam Firewall 300 was the right solution, at the right price at the right time.
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