Novel Obfuscation algorithms for software security

Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, SERP'05

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 209-215

  Ertaul, Levent ^a   Venkatesh, Suma ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code Obfuscation; Software protection techniques; Software security

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ARGUMENT TRANSFORMATIONS; CODE OBFUSCATION; COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS; LITERALS; SOFTWARE OBFUSCATIONS; SOFTWARE PROTECTION TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE SECURITY; TOOL-KITS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 33751085817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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