Dynamic path-based software watermarking

ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 107-118

  Collberg, C ^a   Carter, E ^a   Debray, S ^a   Huntwork, A ^a   Kacecioglu, J ^a   Linn, C ^a   Stepp, M ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Software piracy; Software protection; Watermarking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ERROR CORRECTION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; OPTIMIZATION; SEMANTICS; TOPOLOGY; WATERMARKING;

BINARY OPTIMIZERS; SOFTWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOFTWARE PROTECTION; TAMPER PROOFING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 4544235744     PISSN: 03621340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/996893.996856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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