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Improving STARTTLS authentication in the Sendmail MTA

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Christophe Wolfhugel

After having worked on what I think is the right way to setup X.509 certificates for use in SMTP STARTTLS transactions (see my previous blog entry here), I am continuing my work on how we can improve the way the … Continue reading →

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IRG Research Paper: Thoughts from Sendmail’s Perspective – Part 1: What is messaging fabric and what are the benefits?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Barry Shurtz

Internet Research Group (IRG) recently released a research paper, “A Messaging Fabric: Case for a Messaging Infrastructure Layer,” which we found to offer great insight on a topic we’ve been discussing for years – messaging infrastructure. As a provider of … Continue reading →

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Cloud sourcing the messaging infrastructure – a view from the front lines

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Barry Shurtz

Our professional services team tells me they’re talking more and more with systems administrators who are being pushed by their upper management to outsource the email function to help reduce IT costs.  Indeed, we’ve all heard that the cloud can … Continue reading →

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The Decline of Standalone Point Solutions

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Barry Shurtz

A recent article in Processor Magazine, Planning the Security Budget, by Elizabeth Millard, got me thinking about the fact that as budgets continue to be viewed under a microscope and security measures evaluated, will we start to see a decline … Continue reading →

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Forrester Predicts the Cloud Security Market will Grow to $1.5 billion in 5 Years

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Barry Shurtz

Yesterday I read a piece  by Brian Prince of eWeek – Cloud Computing to Fuel Security Market, Forrester Says and it caught my attention, as over the past few months, there have been a variety of articles and reports addressing … Continue reading →

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