AlgoSec Introduces Firewall Management Solution for Virtualized Environments

AlgoSec, the market leader for Network Security Policy Management, today announced the industry’s first solution for managing firewalls in virtual environments. AlgoSec Security Management Suite simplifies hypervisor-level firewall management by automating the analysis and change management workflows, enabling organizations with hybrid environments to enhance their IT operations, security and compliance. “The dynamic nature of virtualization,… Continue reading AlgoSec Introduces Firewall Management Solution for Virtualized Environments

Embrane Unveils Distributed Software Platform for Virtualizing Network Services

Embrane today announced the immediate availability of heleos, the first distributed software platform for powering on-demand elastic network services such as load balancers, firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs) and WAN Optimization. Targeted to cloud service providers (CSPs) and enterprises building public, private or hybrid cloud environments, the unique platform enables the procurement, provisioning and configuration… Continue reading Embrane Unveils Distributed Software Platform for Virtualizing Network Services

Cloud Security Drives Zeus’s Acquisition of Web Application Firewall Company

Increasing Demand for Innovative Web Application Security in the Cloud is the Driving Force behind the Acquisition CAMBRIDGE, England: Zeus Technology, the pioneers of Application Delivery Controller software, today announced it has purchased the assets of art of defence, a German-based distributed web application firewall (dWAF) provider. Zeus’ acquisition of art of defence is in… Continue reading Cloud Security Drives Zeus’s Acquisition of Web Application Firewall Company

Firewall, NAT and DNS, reverse DNS entries do not match Error

If you host your own email behind a NAT device or firewall, you’ve probably seen this issue come up at least once in your enterprise. Recently, I’ve received some complaints about exchange 2007 bouncing email messages with error messages like this: mxi5p.craigslist.org #554 5.7.1 <unknown[12.12.12.2]>: Client host rejected: rDNS/DNS_validation_failed._Please_setup_matching_DNS_and_rDNS_records: _http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/rdns_failure xabd-4 ## or its other… Continue reading Firewall, NAT and DNS, reverse DNS entries do not match Error

Email Server Generates “#500 Firewall Error##” Error

We upgraded our mail server recently to Microsoft Exchange 2007 and users started experiencing problem sending emails to multiple recipients on same domain. The error message: Diagnostic information for administrators: Generating server: exchange-server.internal.domain.com [email protected] external.mail.server.domain.com #500 Firewall Error ## The error message is pretty clear as to where the problem lies. We do have cisco… Continue reading Email Server Generates “#500 Firewall Error##” Error