ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance Reference Manual
Introduction 1-3
v1.0, September 2009
Key Features and Capabilities
The STM provides the following key features and capabilities:
• Up to two pairs of 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet WAN ports (see “STM Model
Comparison” on page 1-5).
• Scalable support (see “STM Model Comparison” on page 1-5) for:
– up to 600 concurrent users
– up to 6000 concurrently scanned HTTP sessions
– up to 239 MB/s HTTP throughput
– up to 960,000 e-mails per hour SMTP throughput.
• Patent-pending Stream Scanning technology that enables scanning of real-time protocols such
as HTTP.
• Comprehensive Web and e-mail inbound and outbound security, covering six major network
protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP.
• URL content filtering with 64 categories.
• Malware database containing hundreds of thousands of signatures of spyware, viruses, and
other malware threats.
• Very frequently updated malware signatures, hourly if required. The STM can automatically
check for new malware signatures as frequently as every 15 minutes.
• Multiple anti-spam technologies to provide extensive protection against unwanted e-mails.
• Spam and malware quarantine for easy analysis.
• Web application control, including access control for instant messaging, media applications,
peer-to-peer applications, and Web-based tools and toolbars.
• User management with LDAP, Active Directory, and RADIUS integration, allowing access
policy configuration per user and per group.
• Easy, Web-based wizard setup for installation and management.
• SNMP-manageable.
• Dedicated management interface. (This feature is model dependent, see “STM Model
Comparison” on page 1-5).
• Hardware bypass port to prevent network disruption in case failure. (This feature is model
dependent, see “STM Model Comparison” on page 1-5).
• Front panel LEDs for easy monitoring of status and activity.
• Internal universal switching power supply.