IronPort rolls out bounceback-verification technology

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That way, fraudulent bounceback messages are easily spotted by the IronPort appliance, which looks for the identifier in legitimate bounceback messages.

If a fraudulent bounceback is flagged, the IronPort appliances offer several options to the e-mail manager for either dropping the fake bounceback or quarantining it.

Edwards said the bounceback verification technology is based on a proposed IETF standard called Bounce Address Tag Validation, co-created by Dave Crocker, principle at the firm Brandenburg InternetWorking Consulting.


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