Internet Security Systems (ISS) has announced Linux
support for its Proventia Server Intrusion Prevention System
product line, to serve a burgeoning Linux server
market.
An ISS solution for Linux servers follows the launch of
Proventia Server for Windows at the end of last year.
Linux makes up the third largest server market behind Windows
and Unix, but analysts say Linux’s share is rapidly increasing.
Analyst IDC says Linux servers generated $1.6bn (£940m) in sales
in the last quarter of 2005. This was the fourteenth consecutive
quarter of double-digit growth, with year-over-year revenue growth
of 20.8%.
ISS describes the Proventia Server Intrusion Prevention System
as a “set-and-forget” security solution for an organisation's
entire population of servers, not just for dedicated servers
running mission-critical applications.
Key features of Proventia Server for Linux include
vulnerability-based intrusion prevention, Buffer Overflow Exploit
Prevention (BOEP), and support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
SuSE Linux Enterprise Servers.