Software watermarking via opaque predicates: Implementation, analysis, and attacks

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-171

  Myles, Ginger ^a   Collberg, Christian ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Copyright protection; Opaque predicate; Software piracy; Software watermarking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIGITAL WATERMARKING;

COPYRIGHT PROTECTIONS; IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS; IMPLEMENTATION ATTACKS; JAVA PROGRAM; OPAQUE PREDICATE; PREVENTION TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE WATERMARKING; SOFTWARE WATERMARKS; WATERMARKING ALGORITHMS;

COPYRIGHTS;

EID: 33645758539     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-006-6955-z     Document Type: Article

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