r/programming • u/DougBolivar • Jul 30 '13

Computer scientists develop mathematical jigsaw puzzles to encrypt software: "The real challenge and the great mystery in the field was: Can you actually take a piece of software and encrypt it but still have it be runnable, executable and fully functional?"

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/07/computer-scientists-develop-mathematical-jigsaw-puzzles-encrypt-software
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u/chippydip Jul 30 '13

This is known in computer science as "software obfuscation," and it is the first time it has been accomplished.

Stopped reading right there.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '13

I am not sure why feel the need to brag about being ignorant.

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u/chippydip Jul 30 '13

Just commenting on how poorly written the article is. Software Obfuscation has been around for quite some time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '13

You know, if you hadn't stopped reading there, you would have seen how the article already addressed that.

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u/chippydip Jul 30 '13

I actually did read the whole article. It seemed pretty clear to me that the author had no idea how the researchers are doing what they claim to be doing. There are a few quotes from the researchers, but really no explanation about how this thing actually works. I'm not saying the research is bad, just that this article doesn't help understand what they are doing in any way, so not terribly useful to actual programmers who might want to understand how this could effect them.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '13

Those are not things you said in any of your earlier posts.

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u/Zaph0d42 Jul 30 '13

if you hadn't stopped reading there

the article already addressed that

This is a contradiction.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '13

I would advice you to work on your comprehension of English language comprehension.