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Opaque Predicates

Opaque Predicates is a code obfuscation technique that embeds conditional statements whose outcomes are logically predetermined yet appear non-deterministic to static analysis tools, thereby introducing misleading control flow to impede program understanding and reverse engineering.

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2017–2026

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Manufacturing cheap, resilient, and stealthy opaque constructs

Christian Collberg, Clark Thomborson, Douglas Low · 1998 · 532 citations

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Obfuscator-LLVM -- Software Protection for the Masses

Pascal Junod, Julien Rinaldini, Johan Wehrli et al. · 2015 · 220 citations

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Opaque and transparent datives, and how they behave in passives

Elena Anagnostopoulou, Christina Sevdali · The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics · 2014 · 142 citations · Full text

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Software watermarking via opaque predicates: Implementation, analysis, and attacks

Ginger Myles, Christian Collberg · Electronic Commerce Research · 2006 · 83 citations

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Opacity enforcing control synthesis

Jérémy Dubreil, Philippe Darondeau, Hervé Marchand · 2008 · 72 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. PD
    Philippe Darondeau

    Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires, France

    2 publications · 96 citations

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  2. CC
    Christian Collberg

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 615 citations

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  3. RG
    Roberto Giacobazzi

    University of Verona, Italy

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  4. HM
    Hervé Marchand

    Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, France

    2 publications · 96 citations

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  5. CT
    Clark Thomborson

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    2 publications · 566 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. University of Verona

    Verona, Italy

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    144 citations

  3. Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique

    Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    264 citations

  4. Centre Inria de l'Université de Rennes

    Rennes, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    264 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    104 citations

  6. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    142 citations

  8. Goethe-Institute United Kingdom

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

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  1. Language Sciences

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  2. Linguistics and Philosophy

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  4. Language Learning and Development

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. Electronic Commerce Research

    1 publications · 83 citations

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