November 20, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Zeus Technology Limited (zeus.com), a provider of Web server software and solutions, announced that its customers will now be able
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to evaluate the Zeus Secure Web Serving Solution.
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The Secure Web Serving Solution is designed to sit in front of Microsoft’s
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IIS Web server, identifying and discarding incoming attempts to exploit
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vulnerabilities in customers’ IIS servers or other internal infrastructure
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without the need for wholesale platform migration. Based on the Zeus Web
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Server, the solution demonstrates many of the anti-denial-of-service
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features that will be released in the next major release of the Zeus Web
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Server.
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These features include parsing incoming requests and blocking discreet URLs
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described by a set of rules. The rule set can be modified or updated
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dynamically, so that modifying the rules in anticipation of a new attack
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requires no downtime, or even a server restart.
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As part of the development of anti-denial-of-service technology, the Zeus
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Secure Web Serving Solution allows customers to build an “HTTP Firewall”; a
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gatekeeper that protects existing infrastructure from attacks from the
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Internet.
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“The Zeus Secure Web Serving Solution will enable organisations that have
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been plagued by Code-Red and Nimda to quickly secure their infrastructure
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against these attacks whilst maintaining their investment in Microsoft
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technology,” said Zeus CEO John Paterson.
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The Zeus Secure Web Serving Solution will initially be available to
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customers who wish to evaluate or deploy the solution as part of a preview
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programme. Full availability is expected in Q1, 2002.
