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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

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How to Configure Antivirus Mail Gateway Integration

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Scanning of SMTP emails is based on standard SMTP communication between the Barracuda CloudGen Firewall mail gateway and Virus Scanner MailGate. The following procedure describes how email is handled by the Barracuda CloudGen Firewall virus scanning service: 

  1. Mail approaches the mail gateway.
  2. Mail is redirected to virus scanner.
  3. (Optional)  Infected mail is deleted.
  4. Mail is returned for delivery.
  5. Mail is delivered.

For antivirus integration, you can configure either advanced virus protection options or an external scan engine.  

Configure Advanced Virus Protection Options

  1. Go to CONFIGURATION > Configuration Tree > Box > Virtual Servers > your virtual server > Assigned Services > Mail-Gateway > Mail Gateway Settings.
  2. In the left menu, select Content Adaptations.
  3. Click Lock.
  4. In the Virus Detection section, select yes from the Enable Virus Detection list.
  5. Next to Advanced Virus Protection Option, click Set or Edit.
  6. In the Advanced Virus Protection Option window, you can configure the settings in the following sections:

    SectionSettingDescription
    Scanner Location Scanner Location

    Specifies if a local or remote Virus Scanner Service is used. You can select:

    • Local – The Virus Scanner service is running on the local Barracuda CloudGen Firewall.
    • Remote – The Virus Scanner service is running on a remote Barracuda CloudGen Firewall. In the Scanner IP field, enter the IP address of the SMTP scan engine. If multiple virus scanners are used, the first available scanner will be used for virus scanning. If the connection to the active virus scanner breaks, the next available virus scanner is contacted.
    Notification

     

     

    Expose Sender Alerts

    Specifies if warnings are sent to the sender of emails containing viruses and malicious software. You can select:

    • no – Warnings are never sent to the sender.
    • yes – Warning are always sent to the sender.
    • Local – Warnings are sent only if the sender is a local domain user.

    Local domain users belong to domains that are defined as internal and strictly_internal in the Protection Profile setting of the Extended Domain Setup of the Mail Gateway service.

    Expose Postmaster Alerts

    To send warnings to the postmaster about emails containing viruses and malicious software, select yes.

    Silently Drop Phishing Mail

    To drop a phishing email without sending a DSN delay message to the sender, select yes. The phishing email is then automatically moved to the give-up folder and no further attempts are made to forward it.

    Adaptions

    Add Status in Body

    To add the virus status to the mail body, select yes.

    Add X-Status in Header

    To add the virus status to the mail header, select yes.

    Add Body to Notice

    To add the original body of the infected mail to the postmaster notice mail, select yes.

    No Scan Exceptions

     

    NoScan For (Recipients) |
    No Scan For (Sender)

    In the NoScan For (Recipients) and No Scan For (Sender) tables, add the email address or domain of recipients and senders whose emails should be not scanned.

    For example, enter the following to exclude a domain from scanning: *.exampledomain.com

    For example, enter the following to exclude a specific email address from scanning: foo@exampledomain.com

  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Send Changes and Activate.

Configure an External Scan Engine

  1. Go to CONFIGURATION > Configuration Tree > Box > Virtual Servers > your virtual server > Assigned Services > Mail-Gateway > Mail Gateway Settings.
  2. In the left menu, select Content Adaptations.
  3. Click Lock.
  4. In the Virus Detection section, select external from the Enable Virus Detection list.
  5. Next to External Scan Engine, click Set or Edit.
  6. In the External Scan Engine window, you can configure the following settings:

     SettingDescription

    Scan Engine IPs

    In this table, add the IP addresses of the external SMTP scan engines. If multiple virus scanners are used, the first available scanner is used for virus scanning. If the active virus scanner is disconnected, the next available virus scanner is contacted.

    Scan Engine Port

    The ports that are used to contact the external SMTP scan engine.

    Listen IP

    The IP address on which the Mail Gateway service listens to and awaits virus scan engine replies.

    Make sure that the listen IP address is listed as a virtual server address in the Additional IP table on the Server Properties page for your virtual server. For more information, see How to Configure Virtual Servers.

  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Send Changes and Activate.

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