Software Tampering Detection using AOP and mobile code
Paolo Falcarin, Mario Baldi, Daniele Mazzocchi · UEL Research Repository (University of East London) · 2004
Assuring that a given code is faithfully executed with defined parameters and constraints on an un-trusted host is an open problem, which is especially important in the context of computing over communications networks. This work evaluates applicability of Aspect-Oriented Programming to the problem of remotely authenticating code during execution, which aims at assuring that the software is not maliciously tampered prior to and during execution. A flow of idiosyncratic signatures is continuously generated and associated to data transmitted by a function that is encapsulated in an aspect and whose execution is subordinated to the proper execution of the software being authenticated. The flow of signatures is validated by a remote component.