@inproceedings{334bb95f42094424995c3cd6045a019c,
title = "Performance analysis of binary code protection",
abstract = "Software protection technology seeks to prevent unauthorized observation or use of applications. Cryptography can be used to provide such protection, but imposes a potentially significant additional computation load. This paper examines the performance impact of two software protection techniques. We develop an analytic model and validate it using a detailed discrete-event simulator applied to memory reference traces of well-known benchmark programs. We find that even though the added workload may be large, that impact is often dominated by inherent costs of disk activity.",
author = "Nicol, \{David M.\} and Hamed Okhravi",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1109/WSC.2005.1574300",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0780395204",
series = "Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "601--610",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference",
address = "United States",
note = "2005 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2005 ; Conference date: 04-12-2005 Through 07-12-2005",
}