Using Azure AD single sign-on (SSO)
Azure is a popular cloud provider, and the piler GUI supports Azure AD to provide Single Sign-On (SSO). In this article we’ll see how to delegate the piler GUI authentication to Azure AD using its SSO capabilities. Prerequisites You have an Azure subscription or trial,…
Using AWS Cognito single sign-on (SSO)
Single Sign-On (SSO) is an important feature towards security. The benefits are huge. Users don’t have to memorize several passwords to access company resources, a single strong password is enough. SSO providers often add other useful perks, eg. password recovery, 2FA, protection against brute-force password…
The bucket feature
What if you needed to provide access to a bunch of emails from different email accounts to a 3rd party? Let’s say an external auditor needs access to emails related to a specific case. The relevant emails are located in 10 different mailboxes. You don’t…
Reviewing Zimbra Network edition’s email archiving capabilities
What is Zimbra? Let me quote their own definition from the Zimbra website: “Zimbra, a Synacor product, is an email and collaboration platform that includes contacts, calendar, tasks, instant messaging and file sharing, plus add-ons such as videoconferencing, document creation and file storage.” The Zimbra Network…
Running piler on Zentyal
What’s Zentyal? Zentyal is an easy to use Linux alternative to Windows Server. Its features include replacing an MS Active Directory, securing Internet access using VPN and firewall, etc. It also has a dedicated mail server, however it doesn’t have email archiving capabilities. This is…
Running piler on Nethserver
What’s Nethserver? A lot of small businesses run a customized Linux distribution specialized to small offices and medium enterprises. Nethserver is such a Linux distro based on the popular Centos 7. Nethserver is an operating system for Linux enthusiasts, designed for SMB companies. It features…
Cyberhackers are Targeting your Organization’s Sensitive Data
Archive360 wrote an article about a security breach of Mimecast’s Saas platform claiming that “this unfortunate breach highlights the main security issues associated with third-party SaaS providers like Mimecast” The article’s solution is twofold: ask for your vendor’s or SaaS provider’s security model, and take…
Installing piler enterprise on a single Ubuntu 20.04 node
A step-by-step walkthrough how to install piler enterprise on a single Ubuntu 20.04 node using a no-tenant license. Note that even though the video describes how to install all components on a single node, you are free to create a more distributed layout. Eg. install…
No-cost RHEL for small production workloads
You might have heard the rumor that Redhat had basically killed the Centos product line as we knew it in last December: https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/ This caused a massive disturbance in the Centos users’ community, see https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/centos-shifts-from-red-hat-unbranded-to-red-hat-beta/ for more on the topic. So Redhat in a response…
SMTP ACL list
By default the piler-smtp server receives emails from any sources, and it may be a challenge to get rid of spammers accessing port 25. You may have several options to achieve that, eg. use iptables or a network firewall to restrict smtp access to the…
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