Introducing IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System
(IPS) products
The IBM® Security Network Intrusion Prevention System
(IPS) appliances
and systems automatically block malicious attacks while preserving
network bandwidth and availability.
About the Network IPS appliances
The IBM Security
Network IPS appliances are purpose-built, Layer 2 network security
appliances that you can deploy either at the gateway or the network
to block intrusion attempts, denial of service (DoS) attacks, malicious
code, backdoors, spyware, peer-to-peer applications, and a growing
list of threats without requiring extensive network reconfiguration.
Getting started IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System
(IPS) appliances
are configured with factory default settings that protect your system
with a minimum of more configuration.
Appliance partitions
Find these listed file systems on corresponding
Network
IPS appliance partitions.
IPv6
The Network IPS appliance protects IPv6 networks from attacks.
Network IPS Local Management Interface
The
Network IPS Local Management Interface is a browser-based
graphical user interface for local, single appliance management.
SiteProtector Management
You use
the SiteProtector™ system
to manage the Network IPS appliance. With the SiteProtector system, you can create,
manage, and view your current Network IPS policies.
General support
The General
Support page for the Network
IPS appliance displays information about web browser and Java™ compatability. Use this page to create
a system support file and to access information for IBM Support.