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US7577997B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateFeb 17, 2005
Grant dateAug 18, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Tampering with pieces of software is inhibited. Software obfuscation inhibits reverse engineering by hackers by manipulating names of functions and adding jump instructions into various pieces of software. The obfuscation of a software image so as to becloud the comprehension of hackers in reverse engineering pieces of software comprising the software image is provided. Image verification ensures the originality of the pieces of software to be installed.

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