TY - GEN
T1 - A qualitative analysis of Java obfuscation
AU - Karnick, Matthew
AU - MacBride, Jeffrey
AU - McGinnis, Sean
AU - Tang, Ying
AU - Ramachandran, Ravi
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Code obfuscation is a promising defense technology that secures software in a way that makes the cost of reverse engineering prohibitively high. While there are a number of commercial obfuscation tools on the market, there is no standard measurement to analyze and evaluate their strength. This paper addresses this challenge. An analytical metrics is developed to quantify the performance of obfuscation in terms of potency, resilience, and cost. Four commercial obfuscators are then evaluated using the proposed method.
AB - Code obfuscation is a promising defense technology that secures software in a way that makes the cost of reverse engineering prohibitively high. While there are a number of commercial obfuscation tools on the market, there is no standard measurement to analyze and evaluate their strength. This paper addresses this challenge. An analytical metrics is developed to quantify the performance of obfuscation in terms of potency, resilience, and cost. Four commercial obfuscators are then evaluated using the proposed method.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:38049117636
SN - 9780889865990
T3 - Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, SEA 2006
SP - 166
EP - 171
BT - Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, SEA 2006
T2 - 10th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, SEA 2006
Y2 - 13 November 2006 through 15 November 2006
ER -