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Issue title: Security Track at ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 2004
Guest editors: Giampaolo Bella and Peter Ryan
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Collberg, Christian | Sahoo, Tapas Ranjan
Affiliations: Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Abstract: In this paper we analyze the SHKQ software watermarking algorithm, originally due to Stern, Hachez, Koeune and Quisquater. The algorithm has been implemented within the SANDMARK framework, a system designed to allow effective study of software protection algorithms (such as code obfuscation, software watermarking, and code tamper-proofing) targeting Java bytecode. The SHKQ algorithm embeds a watermark in a program using a spread spectrum technique. The idea is to spread the watermark over the entire application by modifying instruction frequencies. Spreading the watermark over the code provides a high level of stealth and some manner of resilience against attack. In this paper we describe the implementation of the SHKQ algorithm, in particular the issues that arise when targeting Java bytecodes. We then present an empirical examination of the robustness of the watermark against a wide variety of attacks. We conclude that SHKQ, while stealthy, is easily attacked by simple distortive transformations.
Keywords: Software watermarking, software protection, intellectual property protection, Java bytecode
DOI: 10.3233/JCS-2005-13503
Journal: Journal of Computer Security, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 721-755, 2005
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