Hindering Reverse Engineering: Thinking Outside the Box

Author(s)

Thomas E. Dube, Air Force Institute of Technology
Bobby D. Birrer, Air Force Institute of Technology
Richard Raines, Air Force Institute of Technology
Rusty O. Baldwin, University of DaytonFollow
Barry Mullins, Air Force Institute of Technology
Robert W. Bennington, Air Force Research Laboratory
Christopher E. Reuter, Air Force Research Laboratory

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2008

Publication Source

IEEE Security and Privacy

Abstract

Protecting application software from reverse engineering and piracy is key to ensuring the integrity of intellectual property and critical infrastructures. Unorthodox protection strategies can help mitigate these types of attacks. Such strategies must include random, dynamic protections to complicate the ease with which attackers can overcome standard approaches.

Inclusive pages

58-65

ISBN/ISSN

1540-7993

Comments

Permission documentation on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 2008, IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Volume

6

Peer Reviewed

yes

Issue

2

eCommons Citation

Dube, Thomas E.; Birrer, Bobby D.; Raines, Richard; Baldwin, Rusty O.; Mullins, Barry; Bennington, Robert W.; and Reuter, Christopher E., "Hindering Reverse Engineering: Thinking Outside the Box" (2008). Computer Science Faculty Publications. 121.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cps_fac_pub/121