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A process that enables a computer program to hide not just collections of data but the inner workings of itself. | A process that enables a computer program to hide not just collections of data but the inner workings of itself. | ||
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* First described in 2018 a program at UCLA<ref>Erica Klarreich, ''Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography.'' Wired (2020-11-15) https://www.wired.com/story/computer-scientists-achieve-the-crown-jewel-of-cryptography/</ref> developed a technique considered prior to that to be impossible. An algorithm that could serve as the basis for nearly any imaginable type of cryptographic protocol. | * First described in 2018 a program at UCLA<ref>Erica Klarreich, ''Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography.'' Wired (2020-11-15) https://www.wired.com/story/computer-scientists-achieve-the-crown-jewel-of-cryptography/</ref> developed a technique considered prior to that to be impossible. An algorithm that could serve as the basis for nearly any imaginable type of cryptographic protocol. | ||
Revision as of 08:15, 27 November 2021
Full Title or Meme
A process that enables a computer program to hide not just collections of data but the inner workings of itself.
Contexts
- One long term goal is to create a computer program with a built-in encryption password that cannot be extracted by an attacker.
- First described in 2018 a program at UCLA[1] developed a technique considered prior to that to be impossible. An algorithm that could serve as the basis for nearly any imaginable type of cryptographic protocol.
Problems
- The ability of a computer program to hide its internal operations for view has be a goal, and a claim of many obfuscation methods for decades.
- As soon as an obfuscation program was release, it as broken. Often within days of its release.
- In 2001 the strongest form of obfuscation was proven to be impossible.
Solution
References
- ↑ Erica Klarreich, Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography. Wired (2020-11-15) https://www.wired.com/story/computer-scientists-achieve-the-crown-jewel-of-cryptography/
