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A cryptographic tool for programs protection

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EUROCODE '90 (EUROCODE 1990)

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In this paper we present a cryptographic mechanism for ensuring effective software protection. A new method is featured which solves this problem by properly coding rather than encrypting, that is without adopting the lengthy and expensive solution which consists of having the whole program signed/encrypted by an authority [PaWi89].

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  1. Dpt. d'Informàtica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona

    Josep Domingo-Ferrer

  2. Dpt. de Matemàtiques i Informàtica, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07071, Palma de Mallorca, Balears

    Llorenç Huguet-Rotger

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  1. Josep Domingo-Ferrer
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Gérard Cohen Pascale Charpin

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Domingo-Ferrer, J., Huguet-Rotger, L. (1991). A cryptographic tool for programs protection. In: Cohen, G., Charpin, P. (eds) EUROCODE '90. EUROCODE 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 514. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54303-1_135

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