If you are connected to the internet, there are many threats that can
target you in ways not involving email. Here are some:
Statefull Packet Inspection (SPI) drops malformed packets
DoS attacks, (eg Denial of Service) including:
Syn flood
ICMP flood
UDP flood
ping of death
IP spoofing
land attack
tear drop attack
IP address sweep attack
Win Nuke attack
Intruders, (eg intrusion detection needed)
Robot takeovers
spyware
Viruses, like worms, etc
Port scanning to find potential entry points
Then there are the ever present email booms, spams, malware, spyware.
It really takes a comprehensive approach to combat all the many threats
to secure today, but UTM is probably overkill and to expensive for most
situations.
Regards,
LelandJ
On 10/19/2010 01:10 PM, Leland Jackson wrote:
> On 10/19/2010 12:41 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Malcolm Greene<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> With apologies to Ted Roche (for gushing like a little school girl), I
>>> strongly recommend paying a modest fee for a professionally managed
>>> email service. I've had great success with www.fastmail.fm (enhanced
>>> account). Fastmail is now owned by Opera (the browser people). Rackspace
>>> has pay-for email hosting options as well.
>> ------------------
>>
>> Funny but gmail is free and everything she sends out is her old
>> address. What is not to like about this?
>>
>> No new invites to a new account. This is a good thing. Works
>> anywhere she goes. iPad or at work. Win Win.
>>
>>
> What OS and email server is she using now, and is it IMAP or POP3? Do
> You'all share an internet connection using a router?
>
> I was just curious; because, most providers, like gmail, do a good job
> of filtering out spam, viruses, worms, etc. Still, gmail is not the
> same as a full firewall or UTM.
>
> Regards,
>
> LelandJ
>
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