Function hiding based on error correcting codes
Sergio Loureiro · 1999
This paper presents an original approach to the problem of function hiding based on Error Correcting Codes and evaluates the security of this approach. The novelty of the technique consists in using Error Correcting Codes to hide functions instead of encrypting data vectors. This protocol mainly deals with the issue of secure evaluation of functions in potentially hostile environments. 1: Introduction With the advent of new computing paradigms like mobile code and ubiquitous computing, the privacy and integrity of software programs become a major concern beyond classical data security considerations. Running a program in a potentially hostile environment may lead to various security requirements, as follows: - a company might need to prevent the disclosure of certain sensitive algorithms implemented in its software products despite extensive code analysis and reverse engineering by potential intruders including its customers; - a mobile software agent acting on behalf of a person m...