Comparison and analysis on binary file similarity detection technique
Wang Jian-xin · Computer Engineering and Applications Journal · 2012
The traditional file similarity detection technique is generally based on source code.In the case of source code unavailable,binary comparison technique is proposed for clone detection.Four binary file similarity detection techniques and the main detection tools are summarized and analyzed.Based on the evaluation method of binary file clone comparison,the experiment test has been carried on.This method provides a review of binary file clone types,detection approaches and the similarity calculation standard.Experiments show that for continuous clone,division clone which doesn't affect the call relations,equivalent replacement clone which doesn't affect basic block number and the call relations,the techniques similarity detection with the binary files gets more accurate result than the ones token-based similarity detection with the source code files.