Linux Support for Desktop, Server, and Embedded Applications

By DE Editors

Arxan Technologies (Bethesda, MD), provider of application hardening solutions designed to protect software intellectual property (IP) from tampering and theft, announced Linux platform coverage for its GuardIT product.

Fulfilling the need to protect Linux applications against piracy, reverse engineering, and malware insertion, Arxan’s GuardIT for Linux supports software applications across Linux desktop, server, and embedded platforms using an interconnected mesh of small security units called Guards, which are scattered across a compiled binary and then dissolved into the application.

The high-quality performance, low-cost, and open-source nature of Linux has made it a mainstream platform for desktop- and server-based applications as well as software within embedded devices. But as Linux gains in popularity, hackers are increasingly exploiting weaknesses in Linux applications to invade end user systems.

Arxan’s GuardIT for Linux now enables developers to protect their software applications against software tampering or theft, providing application hardening and anti-tamper measures to prevent malware insertion, and mitigating the risk of exploitable vulnerabilities in Linux applications.

The company says GuardIT is the only durable binary-based application hardening solution across Windows, .NET, and Linux desktop, server, and embedded platforms for both x86 and PowerPC. It offers depth and breadth of Guard technology for Linux developers, providing feature parity with GuardIT for Windows for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. It also delivers Guard types such as Anti-tamper and Anti-debug, in concert with Obfuscation and Encryption, to thwart attacks. For instance, developers can defend against dynamic analysis using the Anti-Tamper Guard, and leverage the Obfuscation Guard to defend against static analysis.

For details, go to Arxan Technologies Inc.