HP produces Linux version of anti-virus technology

Virus Throttler learns to love open source.

By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Published: 10:57 GMT, 09 August 05

HP has Linux versions of its anti-virus technology and netman software ready to go.

From today, Virus Throttler and ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack, will be able to run on the open source operating system, the company confirmed.

The anti-virus software was developed at HP Labs to reduce the impact of virus infections. It has been available with the company's ProCurve switches and on Windows versions of its servers since February of this year but had not previously been available for Linux users.

HP will begin selling the Linux version of Virus Throttler with its ProLiant and BladeSystem servers, a company spokeswoman. The software can either be purchased as part of the ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack, which will also support Linux from today, or be purchased separately.

Virus Throttler is able to single out systems that behave as if infected by a computer virus. It can then notify a sysadmin of the problem and automatically reduce the number of network connections made by that system, which keeps the computer operational but greatly reduces its ability to spread viruses.

The Intelligent Networking Pack is a suite of server software designed to help boost the performance of computer networks.

ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack will be priced starting at $149 per server. The standalone Virus Throttler will cost $90 per server. Both products will run on Red Hat Linux, Suse Linux, and Asianux, a Linux distribution developed by developed by China's Red Flag Software and Japan's Miracle Linux.


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