A novel watermarking method for software protection in the cloud

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-430

  Yu, Zhiwei ^a   Wang, Chaokun ^a,b,c   Thomborson, Clark ^d   Wang, Jianmin ^a,b,c   Lian, Shiguo ^e   Vasilakos, Athanasios V ^f  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c TSINGHUA NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e ORANGE LABS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

cloud computing; software protection; watermarking

Indexed keywords

INSIDER THREAT; LOCAL NETWORKS; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; SECURITY BREACHES; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOFTWARE PROTECTION; SOFTWARE WATERMARKING;

CLOUD COMPUTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL WATERMARKING;

ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84858080984     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.1088     Document Type: Article

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