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AssigneeUniversity of Virginia Patent Foundation
InventorsJack W. Davidson, Jason D. Hiser
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Method, system and computer program product for applying existing anti-tampering and obfuscation technique to virtual machine technology and offers several distinct advantages. The anti-tampering and obfuscation transforms can be applied continuously to prevent adversaries from gaining information about the program through emulation or dynamic analysis. In addition, the encryption can be used to prevent hackers from gaining information using static attacks. The use of a virtual machine also allows for low overhead execution of the obfuscated binaries as well as finer adjustment of the amount of overhead that can be tolerated. In addition, more protection can be applied to specific portions of the application that can tolerate slowdown. The incorporation of a virtual machine also makes it easy to extend the technology to integrate new developments and resistance mechanisms, leading to less development time, increased savings, and quicker deployment.
A computer method of increasing the tamper-resistance and/or obscurity of computer software code, said method comprising:
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A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer program logic for enabling at least one processor in a computer system to increase the tamper-resistance and/or obscurity of computer software code, said computer logic comprising:
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