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  • 1.  Transparent Proxy

    Posted Mar 03, 2010 04:42 AM
     Is the SBG an appropriate product to operate as a transparent proxy for outgoing traffic. I.e could it be setup to process all traffic on port 25 sent to it from a router.

    Regards.


  • 2.  RE: Transparent Proxy

    Posted Mar 03, 2010 07:28 AM

    When trying to determine whether one or more machines in your environment are sending out spam, you will need to restrict outbound SMTP traffic such that only certain machines are allowed to send email out of your environment. The best location to make this restriction would be at a perimeter firewall or switch that all outbound port 25 traffic would pass through. Configure its settings so that only your mail server, SMTP gateway, or mission critical servers that need to SMTP data outbound may do so.

    Then examine your firewall logs to see which machines in the environment are attempting to send outbound SMTP traffic that should not be. Those machines will be the prime suspects in terms of what machines may contain a mass-mailer worm, virus or trojan.

    It is also recommended that you ensure all your antivirus scanners defintions are fully up to date and then run a full virus scan throughout your entire network. If you pinpoint a machine as the one sending out the traffic, please contact your antivirus technical support for steps necessary to identifying and submitting the infected file(s) for analysis and removal.


  • 3.  RE: Transparent Proxy

    Posted Mar 03, 2010 07:48 AM
     Thanks for the reply Sandip. The problem is coming from another network that I dont control (who we have resold bandwidth to) and they cant be forced to implement changes to make a healthy network. Hence why I was wondering if this product could be used transparently.

    Regards.


  • 4.  RE: Transparent Proxy

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Mar 03, 2010 11:54 AM
    Talk to your sales agent about the Brightmail Traffic Shaper, it operates as a transparent proxy.

    http://www.symantec.com/business/brightmail-traffic-shaper