Parent Proxy Authentication, IP-MAC Binding and more – Cyberoam Enhancements

From offering RBL spam filtering for first level of spam protection without the anti-spam subscription to higher levels of protection against hackers through IP-MAC binding, parent proxy authentication and DHCP relay support, Cyberoam has released key enhancements to enhance security levels.

1. RBL-based Spam Filtering without Anti-Spam Subscription: To continue to protect Cyberoam customers who have not taken the anti-spam subscription, we are now giving the first level spam protection based on RBLs with the appliance purchase. However, to receive protection from rapidly emerging threats and new spam techniques that are on the rise, we recommend that customers take the advanced spam protection through Recurrent Pattern Detection that comes with the Cyberoam anti-spam subscription.


2. Parent Proxy Authentication: This is applicable in Head Office-Branch Office scenarios where branch office is required to ask for authentication from Head Office before serving requests. This is to ensure that the parent proxy server located at Head Office allows all incoming branch HTTP traffic while preventing unauthorized access.


3. IP-MAC Binding: This anti-hacking feature by Cyberoam ensures that the DHCP server can specifically assign the reserved IP address to the client MAC address. The pairing of IP and MAC prevents a user from logging in through a different device to bypass security rules. Hackers too would be unable to gain access to the corporate network over an external client device using an internal IP address, as the traffic does not even reach the firewall.


4. DHCP Relay Support: DHCP relay support enables the deployment of DHCP in multi-segmented networks. By default, DHCP messages can be broadcast only within the segment and not across the multiple segments of the network. Configuring Cyberoam as a DHCP relay agent enables the internal client to convey messages across multiple segments in the network and forward it to the main server.