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Security HeadLines: Microsoft Introduces Antispam, Antivirus, And Storage Security Initiatives |
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By Mitch Wagner, Internetweek.com
April 14, 2003
The new offerings include antispam and antivirus tools for Exchange, antivirus tools for World and the Windows file system, and an effort to drive support for the Radius protocol
Microsoft unveiled several security initiatives on Monday, including antispam
and antivirus technology, and support for a storage security standard.
The vendor introduced antispam and antivirus tools for Exchange, antivirus
tools for Word and the Windows file system, and an initiative to drive industry
support for the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (Radius) protocol for
dial-in to storage-area networks.
The antispam tool for Exchange Server 2003 will let third-party software scan
incoming E-mail messages and attach a numeric score, or Spam Confidence Level,
to each message that indicates the probability that the message is spam. E-mail
administrators can set the probability threshold to determine whether messages
should be forwarded to the recipient's inbox or junk mail folder.
The Exchange client, Microsoft Outlook 2003, includes its own antispam
technology, allowing users to create filters that block HTML content by default,
create "block" blacklists and "safe" whitelists of E-mail addresses, and profile
spam by looking for keywords and patterns. Users can save Outlook safe and block
lists on Exchange servers to enable the users to use the lists while working
from any desktop or device connected to the network. E-mail administrators can
assign enterprise-wide "allow-deny" lists and integrate Real-time Black List
services.
Exchange Server 2003 is scheduled to be released in midyear.
Microsoft also introduced version 2.5 of the Virus-Scanning API (VSAPI),
which lets third-party virus-blocking software integrate with Exchange 2003. The
update lets third-party software developers to develop antivirus technology that
scan both incoming and outgoing E-mail messages to block viruses.
Article source continued:
 Information Week
Related story:
MS maps secure, spam-free Windows as ZDNet News Article.
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