ESS will no longer support TLS v1.0 and TLS v1.1

by Barracuda Networks
On November 30, 2020, ESS will drop support for TLS v1.0 and v1.1. These are extremely old protocols that have numerous security vulnerabilities. If you are aware of any senders that are still using these protocols, advise them to upgrade.
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Read Receipts for Encrypted Messages

by Barracuda Networks
As an administrator, you now have the option to enable read receipts for users who send encrypted messages using the Barracuda Email Encryption Service. This is disabled by default and must be enabled per domain. To enable, go to Domains...
New Feature

Beta - Read-Only APIs

by Barracuda Networks
The Barracuda Email Security Service now provides APIs* that allow you to interact with the product. Customers, MSPs and partners can use these APIs for enhanced reporting and to demonstrate the value of Barracuda email protection...
New Feature

Recipient Address Rewriting

by Barracuda Networks
You can use this feature to modify the email addresses of recipients in messages that enter your organization through the Barracuda Email Security Service (ESS). When enabled, the feature will replace aliased domains with the primary...
New Feature

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...
New Feature

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...
New Feature

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...
New Feature

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...
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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...
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