Security strength measurement for dongle-protected software

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 32-40

  Piazzalunga, Ugo ^a   Salvaneschi, Paolo ^b   Balducci, Francesco ^c   Jacomuzzi, Pablo ^c   Moroncelli, Cristiano ^c  

^a Eutronsec Infosecurity ^*

^b Hospital of Bergamo   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPY PROTECTION; DONGLE-PROTECTED SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER CRIME; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SECURITY OF DATA;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 37249083008     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2007.176     Document Type: Article

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