Detecting software theft via whole program path birthmarks

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3225, Issue , 2004, Pages 404-415

  Myles, Ginger ^a   Collberg, Christian ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; CRIME; SECURITY OF DATA;

BIRTHMARKING; COMPLETE CONTROL; COPYRIGHT PROTECTIONS; EMBEDDED WATERMARKS; PROGRAM TRANSFORMATIONS; SOFTWARE BIRTHMARKS; THEFT DETECTIONS;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 35048854764     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30144-8_34     Document Type: Article

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