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Software IP Protection Based on Watermarking Techniques

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This paper focuses on software watermarking techniques and analysis of the executable code statistical characteristics as a mean of watermark embedding. As an application, several new approaches for executable code watermarking based on statistical characteristics variations have been proposed.

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Yarmolik, V., Partsianka, S. (2005). Software IP Protection Based on Watermarking Techniques. In: Saeed, K., Pejaś, J. (eds) Information Processing and Security Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26325-X_23

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26325-X_23

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