Title :
Software forensics: old methods for a new science
Author :
Sallis, Philip ; Aakjaer, Asbjorn ; MacDonell, Stephen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Otago Univ., Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstract :
Over the past few years there has been a renewed interest in the science of software authorship identification; this area of research has been termed `software forensics´. This paper examines the range of possible measures that can be used to establish commonality and variance in programmer style, with a view to determining program authorship. It also describes some applications of these techniques, particularly for establishing the originator of programs in cases of security breach, plagiarism and computer fraud
Keywords :
computer crime; industrial property; legislation; professional aspects; security of data; software engineering; computer fraud; plagiarism; programmer style; research; security breach; software authorship; software forensics; Application software; Computational linguistics; Computer crime; Computer languages; Computer security; Forensics; Information science; Plagiarism; Programming profession; Software measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering: Education and Practice, 1996. Proceedings. International Conference
Conference_Location :
Dunedin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7379-6
DOI :
10.1109/SEEP.1996.534037
