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This paper proposes a software watermarking scheme for Java programs that is based on method name encoding. The feature of Java reflection is utilized to obtain the method names in a Java program. Watermark bits are divided into pieces according to the number of the method names. Each piece of the watermark bits is encoded with a method name, which hence achieves the embedding of the watermark. Based on the approach, an experiment system is developed to embed and extract watermark information in a practical Java program. The experimental test and performance analysis show that the proposed method is feasible and has good performances of security and robustness.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 61602267) and the Nantong Municipal Application Research Funding of China (grant No. GY2015012).
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Chen, J., Li, K., Wen, W., Chen, W., Yan, C. (2018). Software Watermarking for Java Program Based on Method Name Encoding. In: Hassanien, A., Shaalan, K., Gaber, T., Tolba, M. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Informatics 2017. AISI 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 639. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64861-3_81
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