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UPDATE - Deprecation enforcement of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 postponed to a later date
by Barracuda Networks
On January 9, 2020, we had posted a notice that ESS would be dropping support for TLS v1.0 and v1.1 on June 1 of this year. Due to the current world crisis, we have temporarily halted the deprecation enforcement of TLS 1.0 and 1.1. This...timestamp1586870640001
Block Password Protected PDFs
by Barracuda Networks
You now have granular control over messages containing password protected PDF documents. Phishers and scammers sometimes use malicious PDFs to attack email users. You can choose to block or quarantine such messages. You can also choose...timestamp1582827180001
Granular policy options for SPF protection
by Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Email Security Service (ESS) now allows admins to select how to handle emails when SPF checks fail for incoming emails. SPF has two different kind of failure modes – hardfail and softfail. ESS allows you to decide how to handle...timestamp1582826880001
Password-less logins for end-users (aka SAML integration)
by Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Email Security Service (ESS) now allows end-users, to access their message log without entering the password or even going to the ESS UI. Many companies have a portal where their end users go to see all the authorized app. Now...timestamp1582824240001
ESS dropping support for insecure ciphers
by Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Email Security Service (ESS) no longer supports the following insecure ciphers for Transport Layer Security (TLS). ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA [1.0] ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA [1.0] DHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA [1.0] AES256-GCM-SHA384 [1.2...timestamp1578608400001
ESS dropping support for older versions of TLS/SSL
by Barracuda Networks
Starting on Jan 16, 2020 (next week), ESS will no longer accept connections on SSL v3. Additionally on Jun 1, we’ll drop support for TLS v1.0 and v1.1. These are extremely old protocols that have lots of security vulnerabilities. This...timestamp1564682160001
Protecting from left over MX records pointing directly to your email server
by Barracuda Networks
Often customers will leave their secondary MX record pointing directly to the email server or O365. Attackers use this information to bypass ESS and send spam, virus, malware and other harmful emails. Since ESS was bypassed by the...timestamp1564613520001
Understanding why emails were allowed or blocked
by Barracuda Networks
When you are analyzing emails in the Message Log you often want to know why an email was allowed or blocked. Enhancements in the message log now allow you to see the reason why an email was allowed or blocked quickly. If you want to see...timestamp1561993860001
Trace email deliverability
by Barracuda Networks
The message log now allows you to trace deliverability of an email. If you see an email that is not delivered for any reason, you can now trace it to see if the sender retried the email later and if it was delivered. When a message is...