Friday, 25 August 2006

IronPort Systems Protects E-mail from Bounce Attacks

The total volume of misdirected e-mail bounces has grown 35 percent since 2006, with misdirected bounces now make up 15.2 percent of hostile e-mail. The vast majority of these messages are sent to invalid return addresses, clogging the mail systems of the forged domain owner, but never getting delivered to an end-user.

IronPort has announced deployment of IronPort Bounce Verification technology, designed to protect customers from e-mail bounce attacks. "Market demand for a solution to bounce attacks has never been greater. Traditional e-mail security solutions available in the market today are simply not effective at stopping bounce attacks. IronPort's Bounce Verification incorporates pioneering technology from the Internet community and makes it available in an easy to use, 'set and forget' appliance," said Tom Gillis, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at IronPort Systems.

"What makes BATV unique as an e-mail security tool is that it requires no ongoing administrative overhead and no global adoption. Each organization that deploys BATV gains immediate benefit from it. IronPort's initiative in adopting BATV shows industry acceptance that will help promote the draft through IETF standards adoption process," said Dave Crocker, Principal of Brandenburg InternetWorking Consulting and Co-Creator of Bounce Address Tag Validation.