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Desktop features - this feature provides simplified end user management of Quarantined items, Personal lists, Quarantine settings and Reporting of slipped Spam and false positives, all from within the Outlook Client.

• Simple and silent installation - Plugs CA Gateway Security Desktop option into Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007.
• Secure Communication - Gateway Security Desktop to the Quarantine server is SSL encrypted (Gsoap). Unlike others Plugin that only handle the messages after they get into the mail server, CA Gateway Security Desktop Option is applying users Configuration at the gateway, way before they hit the company's mail servers.
• Browse My Quarantine - connects the user's browser to the CA Gateway Security portal to view their quarantine messages.
• Quarantine Folder Status - fetches the user's quarantine folder status from the quarantine server, formatted as: total messages, total unread messages and current quota.
• Personal Lists - the ability to view your allow/deny lists from the quarantine server for review/editing. Changes done by the user are kept back on the quarantine server.
• Creating ‘Safe' Contacts - Outlook contacts or recipients of your sent items emails can be automatically imported to your allow list placed on the quarantine server.
• Notification - ability to be notified when a new message was sent into your quarantine folder at the Gateway.
• Reporting Spam - each message has the CA Gateway Security Allow/Deny/Report Spam/Report Not Spam plugin buttons, allowing the user to add items into his lists and submit spam samples to the research team by a click of the button.

• Microsoft ISA 2004/2006 Server Plugin - this is a major enhancement targeted at Enterprises, which will offer CA Gateway's Web Filtering with Microsoft ISA's performance and caching capabilities.

Enhanced URL Filtering

• Allows end users to bypass website blocking using an administrator configurable password. When a site is blocked, each user can submit the password, if it is correct access is granted.
• When a site is blocked, each user can submit a request to allow access to the specific site.

• MailShell Engine - enhanced phishing detection techniques based on Accumulative Phishing engine.
• SPF Support - added sender policy framework to prevent email forgery
• Live Feed - enhanced reputation system
• Greylisting - temporary blocking of emails from unknown senders
• Spam Engine updates - added an option to automatically upgrade the spam detection engine to the latest, without any manual patching required.

• Phishing detection by checking embedded URL(s) against the URL Categorization engine and against the Accumulative Phising engine.
• Focused on better fighting Spam/DHA (Directory Harvest Attack) attacks by isolating the source attack.
• Definitive Spam Blocking - it is now possible to differentiate between ‘likely' Spam and ‘Definitive' Spam. This significantly reduced the amount of messages sent to the quarantine, since most ‘Definitive' Spam is being blocked.

• Allows the admin to add items to the global Allow/Deny lists by a click of a button from within a message.
• To avoid Quarantine exceeding storage limits, Quarantine storage is now controlled by a user quota. Once exceeded, new items can be deleted or bounced back to the user.

• Web Quarantine now supports Single-Sign-On (SSO) and delegation
• Web Quarantine interface refreshed to comply with current CA UI standards

• Admin can configure the SMTP undelivered message composed by CA Gateway Security when a message cannot be delivered to destination (requested by many customers)

• 2 admin consoles - CA Embedded Entitlements Manager web console (formerly IAM Toolkit) and the CA Gateway Security Manager Console tool.
• o CA Embedded Entitlements Manager - the manager console is now configuring the CA Embedded Entitlements Manager Server SDK to support CA Gateway Security Role based particular needs, having all configuration required for this feature centralized on a single admin console.
• CA Gateway Security Manager Console GUI - allows configuration of the CA Embedded Entitlements Manager server, add/remove AD users to the CA Gateway Security filter.

Additional Features

• Append to File Action - option to switch to a new file once in X days or once File size is greater than Y.
• Tag Header Action - CA Gateway Security includes reasoning why email was spammed in the message header.
• Disclaimers - CA Gateway Security will ensure that only one disclaimer message will appear in the body of a message.
• Upgrades - The CA Gateway Security 8.1 installation will read backed up data upon installation and presents the relevant restored data during the install process (restored data is available immediately at installation completion.).
• LDAP Templates - CA Gateway Security now provides the ability to associate different to different LDAP servers. LDAP pooling is provided to avoid overloading the AD server with reconnect attempts.
• ESMTP support - CA Gateway Security now supports following ESMTP extensions: Plain/Login SMTP authentication and 8BITMIME transport.
• Provides the administrators ability to manage CA Gateway Security engines when the Control Center is down.
• Provides the administrators the ability to find what e-mail addresses have the most messages currently quarantined.
• Provides a Database Maintenance Tool console to help DBA maintaining the Quarantine/Reporter databases.
• Provides the ability to import email addresses, URL's and Hosts into its rules.

CA Gateway Security r8.1 supports the following operating systems:

• Windows Vista - supported under the following conditions; if CleverPath Reporter and Ingres are not selected during the CA Gateway Security r8.1 installation for use with the CA Gateway Security r8.1 Outlook Plug-in Desktop Option. 
  Not supported under the following conditions; for use with ADCP or for use with the Role Based package
• Windows 2008 - supported under the following conitions; if CleverPath and Ingres are not selected during the CA Gateway Security r8.1 installation for use with the CA Gateway Security r8.1 Plug-in Desktop Option
  Not supported under the following conditions; for use with ADCP or for use with the Role Based package
• Windows 2003 Server (Standard or Enterprise Edition), SP1, SP2
• Windows XP Professional SP1, SP2
• Windows 2000 SP4

CA Gateway Security r8.1 supports the following databases:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

Recommended Hardware, One Computer

The following are the recommended hardware requirements to install all CA Gateway Security 8.1 components on a dedicated computer:

• Platform: 2.8 GHz Dual Processor Intal Xeon Server
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Disk Szie: 73 GB ULTRA Wide SCSI hard drive
• Media: CD-ROM
• Network Interface: One standard network interface card (NIC)

Minimum Hardware, Multiple Computers
If you choose a distributed installation, install the following components on individual computers:

• SMTP Content Manager
• HTTP/FTP Content Manager
• Central Reporter, Quarantine Manager and Manager Console (install on same computer)
• ADCP Agent
• ADCP Agent Distrubuted Source Client (Server Side)
• ADCP Agent Distributed Source Client (Client Side)

The following are minimum hardware requirements for each component installed on individual computers:

SMTP Content Manager Computer

• Platform: Pentium IV, 1.3 GHz CPU
• Memory: Minimum of 1 GB RAM
• Disk Size: 5.0 GB free disk space
• Media: CD-ROM
• Domain Name services: Domain Name services
• Network Interface: one standard network interface card (NIC)

HTTP/FTP Content Manager Computer

• Platform: Pentium IV, 1.3 GHz CPU
• Memory: Minimum of 1 GB RAM
• Disk Size: 5.0 GB free disk space
• Media: CD-ROM
• Network Interface: One standard NIC
  

Central Reporter, Quarantine Manager, Manager Console Computer

• Platform: Pentium IV, 1.3 GHz CPU
• Memory: Minimum of 1 GB RAM
• Disk Size: 5.0 GB free disk space
• Media: CD-ROM
• Domain Name services: Domain Name services (used by the Quarantine Manager)
• Network Interface: One standard NIC 

ADCP Agent

• Platform: Pentium III, 1.0 GHz CPU
• Memory: Minimum of 1.0 GB RAM
• Disk Size: 10.0 GB IDE hard drive, with at least 2 GB free disk space
• Network Interface: One standard NIC

ADCP Agent Distributed Source Client (Server Side)

• Platform: Pentium III, 1.0 GHz CPU
• Memory: Minimum of 1.0 GB RAM
• Disk Size: 10.0 GB IDE hard drive, with at least 2 GB free disk space
• Network: One standard NIC

ADCP Agent Distributed Source Client (Client Side)

• Platform: Pentium III, 500 MHz CPU
• Memory: Minimum of 256 MB RAM
• Disk Size: 500 MB free disk space
• Network Interface: One standard NIC

Q: If my CA maintenance is really up this month, why does my central consol display say I have x number of days until expiration?
A: When you upgrade to the newest version your product automatically is extended for the next 360 days from the time of the upgrade. However, maintenance date on the product does not change. If you let the maintenance expire, you will no longer be able to receive any tech support from CA or Productive. You will also not be able to receive any free upgrades when a new version of the product is released.

Q: Why should I renew my CA Security product if I continue to get signatures?
A: You will not be eligible for upgrades or tech support.

Q: How can I upgrade to the most recent version of my CA product?
A: You can go to the CA website and download the trial of the most recent product.

Q: Is there government, educational, healthcare, non-profit CA pricing?
A: Yes

Q: Do you have an implemenation guide for Gateway Security r8.1?
A: Yes we do.  Download the PDF here.