In its original meaning, the term “hack” stood for the re-configuring or re-programming of a system so it worked in ways not meant by the owner, administrator, or designer. More generally, a hack is a quick and clever solution to a problem. One of today’s most famous pieces of malware inherited its name from an invention that could be considered the very first hack: The Trojan Horse that was created by the Greeks to breach the impregnable Trojan city walls.
End of Sale Announcement For Astaro Report Manager
This is a general notice that Astaro Report Manager (ARM) will no longer be sold beginning December 31st, 2010. Customers can still continue to receive support for ARM with their ASG V7 installations until the end of 2011.
L2TP with DHCP in Version 8.000-8.003
This is a bug notice for Version 8.000-8.003 regarding L2TP with DHCP.
Up2Date 8.003 Released
An Up2Date was released today for Astaro Security Gateway Version 8.
New Astaro Certified Trainings Dates Available for the Germany & Austria Regions
Astaro certified trainings are intended for network administrators responsible for the installation, administration and maintenance of Astaro's security solutions. Although the remaining 2010 dates are now all fully booked, new dates have been added for the early 2011 schedule for Germany and Austria.
New Whitepaper Available on Compliance & Requirements in E-Mail Archiving
As we are often questioned by potential customers and partners on compliance regulations and the reasoning behind archive solutions, we have created a whitepaper explaining the legal basis which makes archiving a requirement. Besides compliance issues, the whitepaper also highlights productivity advantages through archiving: Offloading your mail server makes maintenance routines easier and quicker Backups are simplified as all mail data is stored centrally – and not locally in pst-files Retrieving emails within seconds is a huge day-to-day benefit for all e-mail users Much knowledge is only stored in emails – so prevent it from getting lost In case an employee leaves the company: knowledge transfer (in form of old email transactions) is easily possible You can download your copy of the whitepapers here: English version German version Regards, Kathrin Möschle Product Marketing Manager Astaro Mail Archiving READ MORE
Canada’s First Security BSides Event in Ottawa
Jack Daniel, Astaro’s Community Development Manager, will speak at the upcoming Security BSides conference. Daniel is an active participant in the organization, planning and promoting the BSides events throughout the United States and Canada.
Astaro at sixth EC2ND 2010
The sixth European Conference on Computer Network Defense (EC2ND) was held at the Technische Universität Berlin on October 28/29 and Astaro sponsored that event this year. Beside the scientific aspirations of the conference was a very interesting talk from Felix 'FX' Lindner about the hackers view on the academic science business
Astaro at the GITEX in Dubai
This week, we are on location at the GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK in Dubai which runs until 21st October 2010.
The Best Security Suites for 2011
The latest edition of Astaro Security Gateway, version 8, has already been recognized by PC Magazine as one of the best security suites for home users in 2011. Our home use firewall is a fully equipped software version of the Astaro Security Gateway, available at no cost for home users – no strings attached. Astaro Security Gateway features full Network, Web, Mail and Web Application Security with VPN functionality and protects up to 50 IP addresses.