Hackers: heroes of the computer revolution
Hackers: heroes of the computer revolution
Fighting Computer Crime
Software Protection: Practical and Legal Steps to Protect and Market Computer Programs
Software Protection: Practical and Legal Steps to Protect and Market Computer Programs
An abstract interpretation-based framework for software watermarking
Proceedings of the 31st ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT symposium on Principles of programming languages
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Staggering amounts of commercial software are marketed to fulfill needs from the PC explosion. Unfortunately, such software is trivial to duplicate! From the vendors' viewpoint a way to protect profit is needed. Typically, they have resorted to various schemes that attempt to inhibit the duplication process.Although protection of future profit is important, so is protection against current loss. Commercial and business related software must be adequately protected lest data be stolen or manipulated. However, more important than any of these classes is protection of government computer resources, especially classified and operational software and data. Loss of control in this realm could be detrimental to national security.This paper addresses current technologies employed in protection schemes: signatures (magnetic and physical) on floppy disks, Software Analysis Denial (SAD), Hardware security Devices (HSD), and Technology Denial Concepts (TDC) are presented, with an emphasis on SAD. Advantages and disadvantages of these schemes will be clarified.