Symantec 10490452 Administration Guide - Page 245

Glossary 245 reporting router Safe Senders Scanner security sender group Sender ID Sender Reputation Service server session The output generated by products and services that illustrates the information (sometimes the data) that is collected. This output can be in static or customized formats, text-based or text with graphical charts. See also report. A device that helps local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) achieve interoperability and connectivity. A list of IP addresses from which no outgoing email is spam, provided by Symantec based on data from the Probe Network. Part of the Sender Reputation Service, Safe Senders is a sender group in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. You can specify actions to take on messages from each sender group. The component in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP that filters mail. Each site can have one or many Scanners. The configuration of each Scanner is managed via the Control Center. The policies, practices, and procedures that are applied to information systems to ensure that the data and information that is held within or communicated along those systems is not vulnerable to inappropriate or unauthorized use, access, or modification and that the networks that are used to store, process, or transmit information are kept operational and secure against unauthorized access. As the Internet becomes a more fundamental part of doing business, computer and information security are assuming more importance in corporate planning and policy. A category of email senders that Symantec Mail Security for SMTP manages using the Email Firewall feature. Sender groups can be based upon IP addresses, domains, third party lists, or Symantec lists. You can configure the Email Firewall to take a variety of actions on messages from each group. A set of standard practices for authenticating email. If the sender's domain owner participates in Sender ID, the recipient MTA can check for forged return addresses. Symantec Mail Security for SMTP allows you to specify an action for messages that fail Sender ID authentication. A service that provides comprehensive reputation tracking, as part of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. Symantec manages the following three lists as part of the Sender Reputation Service: Open Proxy Senders, Safe Senders, and Suspected Spammers. Each operates automatically and filters your messages using the same technology as Symantec's other filters. A computer or software that provides services to other computers (known as clients) that request specific services. Common examples are Web servers and mail servers. In communications, the time during which two computers maintain a connection and, usually, are engaged in transferring information.