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1 Upgrade Guide Resellers Comendo mail- & spamfence VERSION

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION... 3 OVERVIEW Preparation Provisioning Upgrade Finalisation... 4 COMPARISON... 5 Service Details... 6 Key Differences... 6 UPGRADE PROCESS IN DETAIL Preparation MX records Firewall Smart host SPF record Provisioning Automated Configuration Sync Manual configuration by the upgrades team Upgrade Finalisation FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Will there be any disruption to my customers mail flow during the upgrade? How will my customers accounts be upgraded? When will my customers accounts be upgraded? What will change? What do I need to do? How do I get training? Will other Comendo security products be upgraded as well? Helpdesk page

3 INTRODUCTION This document details the process we will follow to upgrade your account on the Comendo Security service from the legacy platform to our new and improved service. This document is aimed at partners resilling Comendo security services, and made to ensure that you have all of the information required to ensure a smooth and seamless upgrade experience with absolutely no disruption to your customers service. If after reading this guide you would like to discuss any part of the process in detail, please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact details below: Comendo Support support@comendo.com Phone: Alternatively, please contact your Account Manager. Your transition to our upgraded service will be handled by our dedicated upgrade team, who will ensure that your upgrade is processed with no loss of , and no disruption to your customers. Prior to your upgrades, you will be provided with an upgrade schedule detailing the planned upgrade date for each of your customers, and any pre-requisites which have not been met. 3

4 OVERVIEW To give you a better overview, the upgrade process can be split into four steps: 1. Preparation This involves opening up your customers firewall/mail server to accept SMTP connections from our new IP ranges and ensuring that all of your domains are using our new MX records and outbound relay/smart host format. If your customers have not yet made these changes, completing these now will help to ensure a seamless transition to the upgraded platform. 2. Provisioning We will provision your customers account onto the new platform, and ensure that your configuration is retained. Much of this process has been automated, however we will manually verify complex configurations prior to upgrade, and would encourage you to review your customers configuration prior to upgrade in case you are aware of any complex configurations on their account. 3. Upgrade Switching routing to the new system will be controlled by our upgrade team. Outbound is usually switched the day before your upgrade date and inbound on the given date. We will change the DNS record so that your customers new records will point to the new portal. 4. Finalisation Verification of mail flow (in both directions, if appropriate) and steps performed by us on the legacy platform is made to ensure that there is no conflict between the legacy and the new platform for your domains. Each section is explained in more detail in the Upgrade in detail section of this document. 4

5 COMPARISON Comendo Comendo mail- and spamfence SecureSMART MANAGEMENT ADD-ON Comendo SecureSMART Suite Administration portal sc.comendo.com portal.comendo.com portal.comendo.com Interface Static Responsive Responsive Spam & Virus Quarantine 14 days 90 days 90 days Message Logs 30 days 90 days 90 days Advanced Reporting CONTINUITY Spooling 7 days 7 days 7 days Always-on Continuity Add-on* 90 days Replay (Admins) Add-on** 14 days 90 days Replay (Users) Add-on** 90 days SECURITY Opportunistic/Forced TLS Add-on*** Disclaimers (HTML & Text) Data Loss Prevention Add-on**** Advanced Policies & Actions Large File Handling LDAP Integration Quarantine Report w. login No login * Comendo mailcontinuity ** Comendo backupfence *** Comendo mailtunnel/mta Gold **** Comendo DLP CPR (only social security numbers for SE, DK, NO) 5

6 Service Details Comendo has been providing a range of hosted security and compliance services to businesses for over 10 years and has built an enviable reputation for the delivery of resilient, effective, mission-critical services. Comendo became part of Fus , a division of j2 Global in October 2014, giving us the opportunity to combine our resources and accelerate our programme of upgrades to the service we provide. As of this, we will provide a new version of the Comendo filtering service, with a range of new features. Some of the key benefits of the upgrade will include: Brand new responsive portal with access to statistics and advanced reports 14 days backup for all customers Extended to 90 days spam quarantine and log Smart file handling, that can handle large attachments in s and replace them with a download link for space savings on your mail server Advanced configurations of policies for handling in- and outbound s with notifications, redirection options, enhanced Data Loss Prevention and much more LDAP integration for optional synchronisation of users and addresses Forced TLS with setup directly in the portal Quarantine reports with own customer branding and a direct login link to a limited portal for enhanced end-user experience Extended setup of user permissions and access Key Differences Administrative/User Permissions In the new portal there is a tab called Permissions where you create your roles and assign the level of access to each feature using simple slider controls. Administrative roles created are then assigned to users from the user list page. Permissions are configured on account level (prior to domain level) and therefore Admins has full access to the entire account. Admins will be imported from the legacy platform with full access and Users as regular end-users. 6

7 User Administration If you on the legacy platform wanted to have users added in the system, you had to manually add them in the interface. Now a default setting called Verify over SMTP is added, and users will be created automatically when receiving an . Additionally, an LDAP synchronisation can now be setup directly from the portal. This allows you to import users and their alias (secondary) addresses into the portal and keep this information in sync with your corporate directory. Associating secondary addresses with primary addresses ensures that users receive only one spam report for all of their addresses that settings applied to one address apply to all addresses belonging to that user. LDAP is optional for all clients. Spam Management Spam and logs are now stored for 90 days, during which time either an end-user or an administrator can release the from their respective portals if they have the appropriate access and permissions. We have introduced a new automatic whitelist feature. When an end-user sends outbound through the service to an external recipient, the recipient is whitelisted for that user only. When at least two users in your organisation send an to the same external recipient, the recipient is whitelisted for your entire account. Settings as SPF check and black- and whitelists are configured on account level prior to per domain. End-users will still be able to have individual black- and whitelists. In the event of the need for reporting spam, we have introduced a Report spam button in the message logs. This provides our Security Team an exact example of the and replaces the need for creating a support ticket and attach the unwanted . If you want any form of feedback, you are still more than welcome to create a support ticket. Spam Scores The spam scores have been redefined and is now tagged with either low, medium or high threat. This cannot be modified. The legacy feature possible spam score and tag & forward is no longer supported. 7

Quarantine Report The report is now configured at account level, instead of domain, and we have introduced the ability to customise/rebrand the report directly from the interface.

8 Quarantine Report The report is now configured at account level, instead of domain, and we have introduced the ability to customise/rebrand the report directly from the interface. These settings are as mentioned account-based and will be configured on all domains. As of this, we have introduced an option for choosing timezone and language directly from the report. Example of the new Quarantine Report The consolidated Quarantine Report, existing custom logos and text will not be automatically synchronised due to the account-based settings, and needs to be setup manually, if still desired. End-users will still receive their own personal report as before. The Outlook Tool for requesting a report on-demand will no longer be supported. As a new feature, we have introduced a link for direct login for a limited portal, where end-users can manage their personal quarantined s. Attached File Handling Large files can be detached during processing, and replaced with a link to the file on our servers. The minimum trigger for the file size can be set up in the portal. An attachment can be stored for up to 90 days and you can limit the number of downloads of the attachment. This feature can be enabled for both inbound and outbound s. End-users can access detached files from their end-user portal. You are also able to configure that a given attachment is detached and the will be delivered without this. 8

9 Propagation Time In the legacy portal, one hour had to pass before changes were propagated 100%. Now changes made in the portal propagates within only a couple of minutes. Policy Configurations The new portal offers the possibility of creating own advanced policies. This feature can be used to quarantine, edit, forward and other functions that will trigger on certain words/sentences found in the header, body, from field, domain or other variables in a given . This will also replace the IP and Country blocking that was found in the Comendo portal. Forced TLS A new option in the portal is to setup forced TLS connections. This allows you to create TLS encryption for specified destinations. s not transmitted over TLS encrypted connections will be rejected in the presence of the rules that has been setup. Adding new domains Instead of contacting the Support Team or your Account Manager for adding additional domains, you are now able to do this yourself directly from the new portal. Notifications and tags As an improved feature, you are now able to set up notifications that will be sent to a given recipient, when a policy is triggered. This helps you raise attention when a specific policy is met. Virus Notifications has changed and is now called Virus Alert. An Admin can set up an alert for whenever an end-user sends out a virus. Outbound SMTP authentication Legacy user authentication for Outbound SMTP is no longer supported. Outbound IP addresses for relaying can be configured in the new portal and an address, on one of your domains, can be used as authentication too. 9

10 Continuity (a part of SecureSMART Suite) The legacy portal requires end-users to use two separate portals one to administer the service initially, and then a separate webmail portal to use the service going forward. To enhance the simplicity and user-friendliness, the new portal serves as a single sign-on service in one portal. 10

11 UPGRADE PROCESS IN DETAIL 1. Preparation In order for the upgrade team to be able to completely manage the upgrade of your account, you need to open up your customers firewall/mail server to accept SMTP connections from our new IP ranges and ensure that all their domains are using our new MX records and outbound relay/smart host format. MX records MX 10 MX 20 primarydomain-tld.mx1.comendosystems.com primarydomain-tld.mx2.comendosystems.net If your customers primary domain is mycompanydomain.com, this would translate to: MX 10 MX 20 mycompanydomain-com.mx1.comendosystems.com mycompanydomain-com.mx1.comendosystems.com This means all dots in your customers domains are replaced by hyphens (-). Please note that if your customers have several domains, you have to use the same prefix for all their domains on their account. 11

12 Firewall In addition, you need to ensure that your customers servers are able to accept SMTP connections from our new IP ranges, as previously communicated to you earlier this year. IPv4: /22 (Subnet mask: ) /23 (Subnet mask: ) /23 (Subnet mask: ) /22 (Subnet mask: ) /24 (Subnet mask: ) As regards to outbound you need to change this as well, if they are sending all s out through Comendo. Smart host primarydomain-tld.smtp1.comendosystems.com primarydomain-tld.smtp2.comendosystems.net As for MX records, if your customers primary domain is mycompanydomain.com, this would translate to: MX 10 MX 20 mycompanydomain-com.mx1.comendosystems.com mycompanydomain-com.mx1.comendosystems.com Again, this means all dots in their domain are replaced by hyphens (-). And please note that if your customers have several domains, you have to use the same prefix for all your domains on their account. SPF record We always advocate to setup an SPF record to protect your customers domain from unwanted abuse. This records must include all outbound source IP addresses and ranges used for relaying from their domain. Our SPF record for inclusion is spf.comendosystems.com 12

13 If they normally send s from IP your SPF record should look like this: v=spf1 ip4: include:spf.comendosystems.com -all The record has to be set up as a TXT version and not as an SPF version. 2. Provisioning The next step is to ensure that your account is provisioned and configured correctly on the new platform. This step is performed by the Upgrades team prior to your upgrade, however we would recommend you to double-check the configuration of key features prior to your upgrade date. There are two elements to the provisioning / configuration of your account: Automated Configuration Sync This process is usually run a few days prior to the upgrade of your account. It automatically synchronises all basic account configuration from the legacy platform to the new version. Any changes you make to your account, after the sync has been completed, will not be ported to the new platform please let us know, if you made any changes in the legacy portal in the few days prior to the upgrade so we can arrange to run another sync for you. However, this additional sync will overwrite any changes which have been manually made to your account on the new portal Manual configuration by the upgrades team Not all elements of your configuration can be copied automatically. In many cases, this is due to changes in how the same configuration can be achieved in the new portal we want to ensure that this is performed manually to ensure that the intention of the configuration is maintained, and that the configuration is setup in the best possible way rather than just performing a likefor-like copy of existing settings. Items which have to be configured manually include: Custom MTA rules (add-on for mail- & spamfence known as MTA gold) 13

14 3. Upgrade At this point your account has been provisioned and any custom configuration has been replicated to the new service and we are ready to switch delivery to the new platform. We will usually switch your outbound before inbound for two reasons first, any connectivity issues with outbound can be detected more quickly and secondly, this allows the automated whitelisting feature (described on page 7) to begin adding entries to your users allow lists prior to receiving inbound through the new platform. The actual redirection of outbound and inbound will be performed by the upgrade team on the date communicated to you at the start of the upgrades process. Assuming all the steps detailed in the preparation stage have been performed, there will be no need for you to make any further changes during this stage. After switching your delivery, we will review your logs to ensure that traffic is routed correctly. If we notice any issues, we will contact you straight away and can, for individual upgrades, revert the routing change if required. 4. Finalisation After your account has been upgraded, s will begin to flow through the new platform and become visible in the logs on the new portal. Access to your legacy Comendo account will be available for at least 14 days after the upgrade, allowing administrators and end-users to access logs and quarantined messages from the legacy portal. However, if you would like this access suspended sooner, please let the upgrade team know. NOTE: Due to DNS propagation, there may be a period of time, where a small amount of continues to flow through the old portal, though this should be less than 24 hours. 14

15 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Will there be any disruption to my customers mail flow during the upgrade? No! and this is very important to us. However, this requires that all changes are made correct: MX records Outbound Smart host Firewall SPF record We have planned our upgrade process carefully to ensure that clients of all size can be upgraded without any loss of or any delay in mail flow. There will be a clean switchover of delivery from the legacy to the new platform, performed by our staff, with no intervention or action required by you in the vast majority of cases. How will my customers accounts be upgraded? You will receive an notification ahead of the migration. We will not upgrade your customers account without your knowing. We will change their outbound mail flow (if used) before the inbound, and monitor their mail flow when moved to the new platform. This ensures us to verify that everything is running according to the plan. When will my customers accounts be upgraded? We will begin the upgrade in May 2016 and you will receive information about your customers specific upgrade date. What will change? Mostly new features! There has been changes as settings moved from domain to account centric and renaming of some of the existing features. Portal logins will be automatically synchronised and if your existing username is an address you can login using your existing login information. If the existing username is NOT an address, we have added "@portal.comendo.com" to the username and you have to add this at login. 15

16 What do I need to do? You do have to ensure that your customers are using the new format for MX records, Outbound Smart host, Firewall and SPF record. Please carefully read the section Upgrade process in detail Preparation. How do I get training? There is a contextual help button to the top right of each page, which will give you more specific details on how each option on that page works. If a more detailed explanation is needed, please contact our support team on support@comendo.com Will other Comendo security products be upgraded as well? Yes! If your customers have products such as backupfence, mailarchive or Secur (SikkerMail), we will upgrade those products as well. For now, continue to use and access these products as usual. We will be in touch in the coming weeks with further details on the upgrade path and timeline for these products, but it is still very important that you complete the preparation page Helpdesk page We will continuously update our helpdesk with frequently asked questions. Please visit to get the newest information or feel free to contact our support team. 16

Important Information

May 2014 Important Information The following information applies to Proofpoint Essentials US1 data center only. User Interface Access https://usproofpointessentials.com MX Records mx1-usppe-hosted.com