Ever Heard Of A Spam Firewall?

Most computer users are now familiar with what a firewall does but have you ever seen or used a spam firewall?

The Webopedia definition of a firewall is - "A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network." A firewall can come in both hardware and software versions or even a combination of both. Home computer users tend to use software based firewalls like Zone Alarm whereas corporate IT departments rely on the hardware based router/firewall combination devices.

Both home and corporate computer users are now accustomed to working with firewalls to ensure that their data is kept secure. What surprises most people is that there are firewalls specifically designed to stop spam. Yup that means a hardware spam filter.

One of the major players in designing firewalls to stop spam are Barracuda. Their products are designed to be implemented on networks of 10 - 20,000 employees the spam firewall. The beauty of a hardware spam filtering solution is that it takes some of the workload off the server which means better network response times. An added bonus to blocking spam is that the Barracuda products also block any viruses contained within those spam emails - everything from bogus attachments to VB scripts can be detected and easily blocked.

So when you think about firewalls in future don't just think in terms of data security. See the Barracuda firewall for what it is - an all encompassing security solution for all networks.

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