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First with DKIM and DNSSEC

Halon Security's popular e-mail protection VSP is now being upgraded to a completely new version. New features include support for DKIM, DNSSEC, better performance and lower hardware requirements, which together make the perfect solution for web hosting and Internet service providers.

Halon Security's solution for email protection, VSP, is constantly developing in order to give its users support for modern standards and exciting new features. In version 2.2 of Virtual Spam Prevention, as the acronym VSP stands for, there are plenty of new features.

As with the former version, VSP is, in that it is running in a virtual environment as XEN or VMWare also more environmentally friendly than a conventional solution for protecting corporate e-mail environment. It uses the existing infrastructure and avoid at the same time loading down the e-mail environment with software that runs directly against the e-mail servers databases. VSP 2.2 has by a substantial work of Halon developers in Gothenburg almost got into a "turbo mode" by significantly lower hardware requirements and properly optimized code.

- Our developers never rest when it comes to making our products more efficient and more environmentally friendly. It is a job that will benefit both our customers and our environment, says Peter Falck, CEO of Halon Security.

VSP Version 2.2 has also gotten support for a number of interesting standards. VSP can now handle domain name that is cryptographically signed as DNSSEC. Another major new feature of the VSP version 2.2 is support for DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, which allows a company or organization to take responsibility for an email, and ensure that the sender is legitimate by cryptographic keys that signs each e-mail message.

Both of these standards contributes to less spam and more efficient use of bandwidth on the Internet. These are functions that ISPs and web hosting are increasingly seeking to be able safeguard their customers' e-mail.

VSP has long been one of the world's best products when it comes to stopping spam. Now we are also one of the world's best products in terms of allowing companies to use their e-mail environment more efficiently and safely, "says Peter Falck, CEO of Halon Security.

Fully functional evaluation versions of the VSP can be downloaded for virtual environments such as Xen and VMWare on Halon Security's website, www.halon.se.

For more information, high resolution images or review copies, contact:

Peter Falck, CEO of Halon Security
E-mail: peter.falck@halon.se
Phone: 031-301 19 20

About Halon Security
Halon Security, based in Gothenburg, is a company that has been developing IT security products in network security, virus and spam filters since 2002. Halon Security develops its products on the market recognized the safest operating system, BSD, and has received several top rankings in the media for best performance, dynamic and innovative features. Halon Security's products are sold in Europe, Asia and North America. www.halon.se