Halon Security Presents the Next Generation In Internet Security
Introducing the all new Halon SR series of firewalls. Halon Security takes performance and security beyond anything currently on the market. With new hardware appliances and new platform support for virtualization platforms, Halon SR raises the bar for the entire firewall market.
IPv6 reputation is here!
Our e-mail gateways has supported IPv6 throughout for a long time, but did you know that they also support IPv6 reputation and layer-3 filtering? Our so-called ippolicyd (an asynchronous process, party implemented in the FreeBSD kernel, and designed to protect the gateway in cases of immerse amounts of traffic) in combination with the recently IPv6-enabled GlobalView (IP reputation) service makes us the (I suppose) first commercial appliance to perform IPv6 reputation!
Keep an eye on the software update section; the release 2.3.4 that will introduce IPv6 reputation is imminent.
Halon beats manufacturers like Microsoft, Symantec and WatchGuard in comparative anti-spam test.
Swedish leading magazine for IT-professionals awards Halon Virtual Spam Prevention the “Best InTest Award” in comparative review of enterprise spam filtering solutions.
When Swedish leading magazine for IT-professionals, Techworld, performed a comparative review of spam filtering software Halon Virtual Spam Prevention was rewarded the Best In Test award in the toughest of competition from players like Microsoft, Symantec and WatchGuard.
Halon releases VSP for KVM
As several open source based virtualization solutions have become more and more mature, Halon Security releases it’s acclaimed anti spam gateway Virtual Spam Prevention for KVM and other open source based virtualization solutions.
Network Computing review
In spite of being on the market for a long time; few VSP reviews have been performed. We are very happy to acknowledge Network Computing's VSP review!
In their very positive review, they conclude:
— We score VSP highly for its ease of deployment and also value; we were also very impressed with the range of features it provides, writes Network Computing in their May/June 2011 issue.
Now that Network Computing took the first step, we encourage all other computer magazines to review it as well!
Download a full featured, 30 days trial version of Halon VSP from our website.
For more information, contact: Peter Falck, CEO Halon Security AB Phone: +46 31-301 19 20 Cell: +46 70-954 89 71IPv6 and spam filtering
Last month the migration towards IPv6 got some attention (again) when the last remaining blocks of IPv4 addresses were allocated, and we were "officially" out of IPv4 addresses. If you only read the headlines, this problem might seem more problematic than it really is, while it's true that the last addresses were allocated they have been given out to secondary organisations that handles the distribution to companies and service providers and with the upcoming after market those who want to pay hard cash will still be able to get IPv4 addresses.
Halon VSP awarded with VBSpam
Virus Bulletin has since 2009 given out the prestigious VBSpam Verified award, in order to help customers choose anti-spam solutions which actually keeps their promised false-positive and spam catch rates. In the latest test Halon VSP delivered as promised with ease.
Scripted VSP/SPG deployment
This time I'm going to show how to deploy a VSP/SPG with multiple domains using the SOAP interface scripted in PHP (http://php.net). This comes in handy when you're facing the task of otherwise manually adding hundreds of domains with all or some different mail transports. If they all share the same transport, you could save yourself some trouble and use a "any"-domain (catch-all) instead, if the domain exists will then be determinated in the recipient flow by SMTP lookup (if this raises any questions contact our support :).
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HCP seminars and new partners!
We're getting some rest on the train back from Malmö, and happy to announce that all attendees of this years certification seminars have passed the notoriously difficult examination test with flying colors! They are now highly qualified Halon professionals, and ready to serve potential new customers out there. Logotypes and links to new partners will appear on the reseller listing page shortly.
I like to express my great appreciation to all attendees for their patience, interest and hard work during these three days. You're the best!
Top ranking for Halon VSP at Computing Security Awards in London.
The readers of Network Computing and Computing Security has spoken. Halon Securitys virtualized email security solution Virtual Spam Prevention received top ranking for Best Anti-Spam Solution of 2010.
In the toughest possible competition, came Swedish Halon Security and their virtualized e-mail security solution, Virtual Spam Prevention (VSP), in second place and was presented at yesterday's Computing Security Awards in London.
Halon VSP finalist in Computing Security Awards 2010
Halon Security’s leading anti spam solution Virtual Spam Prevention is one of eight products nominated to win award in category for best anti spam solution.
Voting for who gets to go home with one of the coveted Computing Security Awards is underway. Halon Security and their leading anti spam solution, Virtual Spam Prevention, is one of eight products nominated to win in the best Anti Spam Solution category.
Pictures from VMworld 2010
booth 2.0! since we got a quite hidden booth, we made a manual upgrade ;)
said hello to zimbra in their vmworld booth
halon beer, good to put out fire with? ;)
Even better on iPhone
The upcoming version, 2.2.3, will be even better on iPhone!
We have streamlined the interface, bundled it as a web app, and changed the title to the IP address or hostname on mobile devices such as iPhone, Android or Blackberry.
There are loads of additional new features, which will announced during the VMworld conference next week. Below is a teaser, showing only how to add a VSP as an icon.
VMworld, here we come!
It's confirmed; we'll be at VMworld Europe in booth 88! Come join us, register at http://www.vmworld.com/registration.jspa
This is what our booth panel looks like:
Upcoming SPG/VSP release 2.2.3
It has been almost two weeks since our last blog post, which was about version 2.2.2.2 and its features. The next version, 2.2.3, isn't ready for a public release yet, but is working just fine (if you want to try the latest beta, leave a comment!). In this post, we're going to reveal some nice features that will be available.
VSP 2.2.2.2 released with DNSSEC root trust
Today, on the 2nd of September we release H/OS 2.2.2.2. Neat, right?
Among the new features you'll find the DNSSEC trusting the newly signed root anchor, administration user interface improvements and the usual stability and performance enhancements.
Now why would you care? Well, this could be your first step into the next generation of e-mail security. Why not start DKIM tagging when you're at it?
Halon Security accepted as VMware partner
Halon Security, is proud to announce its addition to the VMware partner family.
GroupWise support in SPG and VSP
In addition to supporting SMTP and LDAP to synchronize accounts with a Novell GroupWise server, our mail security appliances SPG and VSP now integrates even better. They are now able to associate alias addresses in the quarantine, in order for users with multiple e-mail addresses to have just one quarantine box.
It also fixes minor bugs, and as always we encourage all users to update as soon as possible. Don't panic if you are having vacation, though :)
New site open for registration
Your username and password stays the same, but keep in mind if you want to comment on the site with a friendly username you could send me a message telling me what username you want on the site and I'll change it for you.
New version jazzing up the scripting language!
Today we bring you another feature release for the SPG/VSP/HSP mail security products! Feature releases typically jumps the third digit in the version number, from 2.2.1.1 to 2.2.2 in this case. Now isn't 2.2.2 a remarkably neat version number?
As you might have figured out, the first digit is just saying that you are using H/OS 2, the current operating system. The second digit is the major version, the third digit is the feature version, and the fourth digit is the patch level.
— “Adding some spice to the scripting language you say, it sounds interesting”
Next version will feature much-improved BATV
A long time ago, we incorporated cryptographic functions into our scripting language, HSL, in order for users to build features such as BATV. While very flexible, it sure was not user friendly :) Therefore, we present to you; batv_sign(), batv_verify() and batv_strip() which you can read about in our wiki documentation and of course in the HSL function reference.
Halon Security presents the new e-mail server protection appliance
After great success with SPG-100 and SPG-200, Halon Security is consolidating the features of these two models into one great package with greater performance, support for IPv6, DKIM, DNSSEC and plenty of other new features.
Halon attending PTS IPv6 seminar
Today we participated in a panel discussion about IPv6 deployment arranged by the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS). See the full video below (sorry, Swedish only).
Can you reach ipv6.google.com?
If not, it's time to get started with tunneled IPv6. At least until you get native IPv6 from your internet provider. There are a lot of free IPv6 tunnel broker providers, but HE is one of the most mature and widely used. Before you start; some fun facts! The tunnel below work both ways, and is totally unfiltered. Further, the tunnel is very fast, usually saturating ADSL internet connections. In other words; deploy your website over IPv6 today! If you are also using our stunning SPG/VSP mail appliance, start receiving e-mail over IPv6 as well. Anyway, let's get started.
Summertime and a new website!
The sun is shining is Sweden, and we introduce a brand new site.
In addition to being prettier and easier to navigate, it will offer more functionality. For example, you may comment on this fine piece of blog post :) Further, you'll be able to (as soon as we've migrated the users from the old site) manage, buy, update, etc your appliances in one place. Please share any thoughts with us!
First with DKIM and DNSSEC
Halon Security's popular e-mail protection VSP is now being upgraded to a completely new version. New features include support for DKIM, DNSSEC, better performance and lower hardware requirements, which together make the perfect solution for web hosting and Internet service providers.
Announcing SX-250
The all-new SX-250 Firewall from Halon Security delivers on speed, security and are at the same time the worlds greenest firewall in it’s class.
Powerful green Virtual Email Protection Now Supports XEN
Why should customers who rather use software based on Open Source be forced to use proprietary systems to be able to get efficient email protection? They shouldn’t, says Halon Security, who now releases support for the XEN virtualization engine for it’s email protection software, Virtual Spam Prevention (VSP).
