Minggu, 10 Mei 2009

Microsoft ForeFront Protecting Your Data and Email

Network computers and internet at this time is a vital need that and believed that the computer network with many resources that can be savings, such as funds, personnel, and others. In addition, the network computer and internet data lalulintas running very fast, precise and accurate with no limit of time and space.

Use e-mail, data sharing and transfer of good cable, fiber optic and VSAT technology with VPN (Virtual Private Network) is already commonly done by almost all companies nowadays, with so much needed network security system that is completely reliable and can be flush various interference data security e-mail in your server.

When this bit is not much good antivirus program and a new antivirus that is updated continuously abilities. Various antivirus companies such as Mc Affee, AVG, and others continue to work to create innovative new antivirus program so that they can prevent and eradicate spam, viruses and warm. In addition to making the company especially antivirus programs, care giant Microsoft as the company's operating system, applications and programming languages, was also very Konsen of data security systems and e-mail from interference warm, spam and virus.

One of the concerns of the Microsoft warm, spam and virus proved with Microsoft Forefront attendance. Microsoft ForeFront this present form of Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint. Microsoft Forefront Client Security provides protection against malware on the computer and operating system that is easily operated user. Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server duty to protect the e-mail server company from various types of viruses, spam and the like. Meanwhile, Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint, merging some of the features offered virus scanning to protect corporate data comprehensively, particularly in data-critical and confidential data.

Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft System Center products are the two most recent and is a comprehensive security solution. A comprehensive security product from upstream to downstream, which not only equipped with two or three functions of scanning, but scanning the eight features simultaneously and continue to protect the IT infrastructure, while maintaining the balance between reliability and performance.

Microsoft Forefront security deal work, Microsoft System Center offers a function to assist administrators in monitoring and proactive management of the server. This application is to simplify the process that must be done before an administrator to use some of the applications, with only one application.

Nine Antivirus Engine

There are two layers of security is very strong in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, the first located outside of the parameters Network (DMZ). In this case, the Exchange has been built in the Anti Spam, and the second is anti-virus Forefront Security for Exchange Server and nine anti-virus engine in it always akan ter-update different types of virus.

This new system will check the email body and examine whether a file or e-mail is prohibited because it is suspected that contain confidential information. If found, then automatically email will not be sent. Here the user can not add their own disclaimer, because the system will add a standard disclaimer on each email. "

Forefront Security for Exchange Server berkemampuan provides antivirus protection at the server level with the multi-scan machines, are also able to combine the machine to scan antivirus labs around the world, the engine automatically some akan protect your data from virus attacks. In this case you can select up to five antivirus engines to activate, including the engine anti-virus and Microsoft made some additional machines become providers. Some of the machines that are Mcrosoft partners, including CA, Norman Data Defense Systems, Sophos, AhnLab, VirusBuster, Authentium, and Kaspersky Lab. Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server provides support for the anti-spam from the Edge Transport server role with the update automatically filtering against spam containing data and special access to Microsoft IP Reputation Service, said Novi Tandjung.

ForeFront for Exchange Server

In this paper does not menjelasakan overall, but limited to the Microsoft Forefront for Exchange Server. Actually Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is equipped with its own protection technology to help keep the system running and to stay protected from virus attacks, worm or trojan. Protection mechanism is applied to the Edge Transport server that has a protective e-mail gateway in the network perimeter. While the Exchange Hosted Filtering and Forefront Security is a feature that a part of the security in Microsoft Echange Server. This feature can actually provide security to the companies in order to protect e-mail gateway and other disturbances such as a virus that is now increasingly violent. In addition, the Microsoft Exchange server also has berkemampuan in making the cluster. Ability aims to ensure that the email can be enabled on one server, or some server space and without geographic boundaries.

Microsoft previously less concerned about this, but in two or three years, starting this Konsen tehadap antivirus program. Because of the technology with the virus, would clearly reduce the performance of the server. So that the company has been duly Mirosoft classmates also have this problem. One of the products Mirosoft which is quite scandalize Forefront Microsoft Exchange Server. This program is believed to dispel berkemampuan various issues related to the particular virus and spam e-mail, whether incoming or e-mail will be sent.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 seenarnya can help your company make a strong defense of spam and viruses, in which traffic will be an e-mail on the internal network and servers. In this case, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 provides a choice of how network security will be applied. Edge Transport server rules server can be made as needed, and gateway protection can be included as the services controlled by Exchange Hosted Filtering. This second alternative can diterepkan through the Exchange Enterprise Client Access License (CAL).

Apart from the security gateway of the selected email, antivirus software must be installed in the internal email server in order to maintain the virus attacks among local users. In this case, the Forefront Security for Exchange Server will simplify the installation in a mailbox, client access and hub transport server roles. This sophistication Microsoft Forefront antivirus program to provide flexibility to parties of three can also be integrated into the Exchange to use to strengthen the protection against virus attacks in the mail your server.

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server, a product that is known as the antigen, which provides virus protection for Exchange Server roles in an internal network. For organizations that build the Edge Transport server role, Forefront Security also provides anti-virus protection on the network and will strengthen the anti-spam capabilities for additional Edge Transport server role. In this case Forefront included as part of the Exchange Enterprise Client Access License (CAL), but can also be purchased separately.

Sophistication Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server will provide antivirus protection at server level with the multi-scan machines. In addition, the ability of filtering the content of the good and reliable, it will combine the machine to scan antivirus laboratories around the world. So therefore, some auto engine akan protect customers or consumers from virus attacks or interference generation.

With Forefront Security for Exchange Server, customers can select up to five antivirus engines to activate. Of course, including the engine anti-virus and Microsoft made some additional machines that have become a provider. There are some machines that have become partners Mcrosoft, including CA, Norman Data Defense Systems, Sophos, AhnLab, VirusBuster, Authentium, and Kaspersky Lab, and others.

Another thing that is also very menyakinkan from Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server is didukungannya against anti-spam capabilities of the Edge Transport server role with the filtering automatically update, especially to data that indicate spam and special access to Microsoft IP Reputation Service.

In the default situation, anti-spam updates on the Edge Transport role is done manually. But in this case, for a network administrator is required to visit Microsoft Update every two weeks to download and install updatenya. However, Microsoft Forefront Security also features Automatic Update service, so that the Edge Server will maintain the safe and comfortable stay without intervention from network administrators.

Another thing that is not less important in the Forefront Security for Exchange Server, that is where the Edge Transport server role akan receive daily updates of the data marker spam. Data marker spam is basically a small, but have a certain time limit. But with so they will be downloaded by Edge Transport server role and is used in filtering the data to change the Spam Confidence Level to spam which is well known.

The Microsoft IP Reputation Service, which is a list of blocked IP when using a Edge Transport server role to block connections from known spammers who have been. This listing is provided exclusively to the user through the Exchange Server Forefront Security for Exchange Server.

With increasingly sophisticated and changing the architecture of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, it is very possible from a third party antivirus for integrated infrastructure in this Exchange. There are several technologies that are applied to the Exchange Server, among others, Deep Integration for Antivirus Scanning. With Deep Integration for Antivirus Scanning this Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 have the virus scanning is more effective, efficient, and can be programmed at the level of transport. In addition to the ongoing support of the Virus Scanning API (VSAPI) at the mailbox level database, Exchange Server 2007 adds support for the transport agent on the Hub Transport and Edge Transport server roles. In addition, the third-party developers can create a special agency that utilizes machine Exchange TNEF to MIME, and how anti-virus scanning.

With the availability Stamp Antivirus, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 has a facility which is helping reduce the number of antivirus scanning with a mark messages that have been scanned or examined by antivirus software and results. Bookmarks akan antivirus is then sent along with the message on the company and will be used to determine whether the need to do additional scanning or not. Signs that show this will bring the information which has been done and at a scanning messages scanned. So with the information that is cause enough of a selective scanning for virus eradication and make the process of scanning at the optimal network.


With running attachment filtering on the Edge Transport and Hub Transport servers, an administrator can increase the protection of files and types that do not want akan when entering or leaving the office via e-mail. Here, the administrator can scan and prevent the attachment based on file size and type, for example, the file can be inspected xzip shaped based on the file type. Thus, an administrator can then check the attachement of a secret email which will be out.

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