Fortinet FortiMail 400

Overview:

Designed for medium-sized enterprise installations, the FortiMail-400 features a software RAID (0 or 1) storage subsystem for reliable archiving and logging, and offers global and per-user spam policies for maximum configuration flexibility. It can process 154,800 emails per hour with full antivirus and antispam filtering.

The FortiMail family of secure email appliances provide an effective barrier against the ever-rising volume of spam, maximum protection against sophisticated email attacks, and features designed to facilitate regulatory compliance. FortiMail offers both inbound and outbound scanning, advanced antispam and antivirus filtering capabilities, IP address black/white listing functionality, and extensive quarantine and archiving capabilities. Three deployment modes offer maximum versatility: transparent mode for seamless integration into existing networks with no IP address changes, gateway mode as a proxy MTA for existing email gateways, or full email server functionality for SMBs and remote offices.

FortiMail Benefits:

• Layered protection (FortiGate + FortiMail) improves email security, separates low-latency perimeter and high-latency email functions for more efficient operation
• Advanced inspection capabilities and additional IP/antispam filtering functions improves protection against sophisticated email-based threats
• Stops spam before it consumes mail system and network resources, reducing capital expenditures on email functionality
• Advanced email content archiving, quarantining, and routing capabilities help achieve regulatory compliance
• Three modes of operation provide flexible deployment options (Transparent, Gateway, and Server)
• Turn-key deployment, integrated management, logging and reporting, and fully-automated security updates reduce IT management burden and operational expenses, with no per-user licensing fees

Email is a Mission Critical Business Application

In today’s networks, email is one of the most predominant business communication methods. Unfortunately, email has also become one of the most common vehicles for proliferating blended threats comprised of viruses, worms, spyware and spam. These blended attacks can negatively impact business productivity, cause business downtime and lead to identity theft. In response, companies have leveraged point product security technologies, such as antispam, to patch against single threaded attacks. In addition, legislation has been introduced to ensure that companies comply with security best practices for email archiving that enable forensic and legal audits. Email is a mission critical application for all businesses that must be secured.

Complete Email Security in One Appliance

FortiMail™ is a specialized email security system that provides multi-layered protection against blended threats comprised of spam, viruses, worms and spyware. The FortiMail system relies on a customized operating system that cleans emails through corresponding FortiMail antispam, antivirus and antispyware engines. To ensure up to date email protection, FortiMail relies on Fortinet FortiGuard™ antivirus, antispyware and antispam security subscription services that are powered by a worldwide 24x7 Global Threat Research Team. FortiMail provides unparalleled deployment flexibility and powerful bi-directional email routing, Quality of Service (QoS), virtualization and archiving capabilities with a lower total cost of ownership.

Key Solution Features and Benefits: Complete Multi-Layered Security Complete solution providing industry leading security features including antispam, antivirus and antispyware with signatures continually updated via FortiGuard service. Highest Levels of Performance and Reliability Specialized Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) engine manages peak capacity while applying intelligent routing and QoS policies. High-availability configurations are available to ensure maximum up-time. Deployment Flexibility Only email security solutions that can be deployed in transparent, gateway or server modes. Cost-Effective to Own and Operate Integrated antispam, antivirus and antispyware protection without per user or mail box pricing restrictions.

Multi-Layered Email Security

Securing email requires multi-layered protection against inbound and outbound risks that proliferate spam, viruses and spyware to email infrastructure and users. At the same time, email content policies must be enforced and good email must be archived for compliance purposes. Unique to inbound risks, are DHA (Directory Harvest Attacks) and DOS (Denial of Service) attacks, which must be part of a multi-layered email security strategy. For outbound risks an email security solution must ensure that infected zombie PC’s that relay spam do not lead to a legitimate enterprise network becoming added to a Real-Time Black List (RBL).

Deployments:

Email Security Patches are Ineffective:

To defend against blended threats, organizations have deployed a costly point product array of antivirus, antispyware and antispam technologies at the network perimeter. For most organizations this approach has proven to be prohibitive both from a capital and operational cost perspective. Furthermore, requirements for email archiving and routing further compound the proliferation of email point product technologies. Deploying an excessive amount of email security and routing infrastructure is an ineffective method to protect against blended threats and to comply with email archiving guidelines.

FortiMail Email Security System:

FortiMail is the world’s most flexible turn-key email security system that can be deployed to protect and complement existing email infrastructure. FortiMail provides ICSA Labs certified protection against blended spam, virus and spyware threats. In addition, FortiMail’s rich routing and archiving capabilities ensure that organizations can comply with best practice email archiving guidelines. FortiMail empowers organizations with a flexible system that cost effectively secures email communication.

Technical Specifications:

FortiMail Series Specifications:
FortiMail Series
	FortiMail 100	FortiMail 400	FortiMail 2000A	FortiMail 4000A
Features
Security Hardened Platform
10/100 Ethernet	4	4	0	0
10/100/1000 Ethernet	0	2	4	2
Total Hard Drive Capacity	250 GB	500 GB	1.5 TB	3.0 TB
RAID Storage Management	N/A	Yes (0,1)	Yes (0,1,5,10,50)	Yes (0,1,5,10,50)
LCD Display	N/A			N/A
Redundant Hot Swappable Power Supplies	N/A	N/A
Email Domains	50	500	3,000	3,000
Recipient-Based Policies (Per Domain) For Incoming Mail	20	40	100	100
Recipient-Based Policies for Outgoing Mail	50	500	1,500	1,500
Server Mode Mailboxes	200	1,000	3,000	3,000
Antispam Profiles	60	175	550	550
Antivirus Profiles	60	175	550	550
Authentication Profiles	60	175	550	550
Content Profiles	60	175	550	550
Email Aliases	256	256	256	256
Tiered Administration Domains	5	25	50	50
Performance: (Messages / hour)*
RAID Mode	RAID 0	RAID 1	RAID 10	RAID 10
Email Routing	64,800	187,200	331,200	345,600
FortiGuard Antispam	57,600	162,000	288,000	302,400
FortiGuard Antispam + AntiVirus	54,000	154,800	280,800	295,200
Specifications
Dimensions	2 x 13.5 x 6.75 in (5 x 33.7 X 17.5 cm)	1.75 x 16.8 x 10 in (4.5 x 42.7 X 25.4 cm)	3.5 x 17.5 x 29 in (8.9 x 44.5 X 73.7 cm)	3.5 x 19 x 27 in (8.9 x 48.3 X 68.6 cm)
Weight	4.4 lbs (2 kg)	7.3 lbs (3.3 kg)	53.4 lbs (24.2 kg)	68 lbs (30.8 kg)
Rack Mountable	N/A
Input Voltage	100-240VAC	100-240VAC	100-240VAC	100-240VAC
Input Current	0.8A	4A	9A	9A
Environment
Operating Temperature	32 to 104 deg F (0 to 40 deg C)
Storage Temperature	-13 to 158 deg F (-25 to 70 deg C)
Humidity	5 to 95% non-condensing
Regulatory
Regulatory	FCC Class A Part 15 / CE Mark

*True throughput without queuing based on 3 KB message size

Benefits:

Transparent (Bridge) Mode

Seamless installation in front of existing email servers with no IP address changes or changes to the existing mail server network configuration.

Gateway (Relay) Mode

Provides inbound and outbound proxy MTA services for existing email gateways. Simple DNS MX record change redirects email to FortiMail for spam and antivirus scanning.

Server Mode

FortiMail functions as a full featured SMTP mail server with flexible support for secure POP3, IMAP and WebMail access.

Features:

FortiMail series platforms provide the following security features:
 

Services & Support:

FortiGuard Subscription Services:

Includes:

• Automatic updates from over 50 redundant high speed database servers around the globe.
• Complete Wildlist virus protection for over 4,500 active viruses from FortiGuard’s active database of over 60,000 viruses.
• Complete Zoo list virus protection for over 300,000 known attacks.
• Real-time spam database service for both connection level and content level protection.

FortiCare Support Services:

Includes:

• 24 X 7 X 365 Web-based Support
• 8 x 5 Telephone-based Technical Support*
• 1-Year Limited Hardware Warranty
• 90-Day Limited Software Warranty

* 24 X 7 Telephone Technical Support available

Documentation:

Download the Fortinet FortiMail Datasheet (PDF).