Software forensics: extending authorship analysis techniques to computer programs

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aut.researcherMacDonell, Stephen Gerard
dc.contributor.authorMacDonell, SG
dc.contributor.authorBuckingham, D
dc.contributor.authorGray, AR
dc.contributor.authorSallis Philip, J
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-28T07:17:32Z
dc.date.available2011-11-28T07:17:32Z
dc.date.copyright2002
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractSoftware forensics is the analysis of the syntactic, structural and semantic form of software in order to identify, characterise and discriminate between the authors of software products for some legal purpose. Determining software authorship may be important in several contexts: civil litigation involving allegations of software theft or plagiarism or apportioning liability for software failure; criminal litigation in relation to computer fraud or software attacks on computer systems using viruses and other similar means. Our focus is on forensic analysis of software source code, the structured English-like implementation of the algorithm selected to undertake the task at hand. We use a fictionalised version of a recent case to illustrate the potential of software forensics to provide evidence and also review in detail the judicial reception of such material.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Law and Information Science, vol.13(1), pp.34-69 - 34-69
dc.identifier.issn0729-1485
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/2836
dc.publisherUniversity of Tazmania
dc.relation.urihttp://www.jlisjournal.org/BackEds/vol13_1.html#MacDonell
dc.rightsCopyright © the Author 2002. All rights reserved. Authors retain the right to place his/her publication version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository. The work was first published in (please see citation) and an electronic version of this article can be found online at: (Please see Publisher’s Version)
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dc.subjectComputer security
dc.subjectForensic sciences
dc.subjectComputer software
dc.subjectEvaluation
dc.titleSoftware forensics: extending authorship analysis techniques to computer programs
dc.typeJournal Article
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