Linux App? Now You Can GuardIT

Software Test & Performance™
March 2008
Vol. 5, No. 3

Arxan Technologies has released a Linux version of GuardIT, giving Linux developers a solution for protecting their applications from tampering. According to Arxan, its solutions are deployed using a binary solution that isn’t intrusive to application performance. “Through an interconnected mesh of small security units called Guards scattered across a compiled binary and then dissolved into the application, Arxan’s GuardIT fortifies the overall software product” against piracy, reverse engineering, insertion of malware and other forms of attack. With the release in late January, GuardIT now works with Linux desktop, server and embedded platforms on x86 and PowerPC systems as well as on Windows and .NET. GuardIT for Linux offers feature parity with the Windows version on both 32- and 64-bit architectures. The new version also introduces anti-tamper, anti-debug, obfuscation and encryption technologies, the company said, as well as the ability to selectively analyze and aim at specific portions of the binary for targeted code protection. GuardIT is available now; pricing was not disclosed.