Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Open Access Thesis
Keywords
Computer programs--Execution; Academic theses;
Abstract
In general, users are isolated from the inner-workings of software. The behavior of software is analogous to a "black box," performing user-directed tasks in a predictable way. But this isolation of the inner-workings can foster both curiosity and suspicion of the goings-on "under the hood," especially when the software is closed-source, as is the case with a majority of commercial software. When talking about behaviors of software from the outside perspective of the end user, concerns are raised about issues including memory leaks, data integrity, confidential, etc. This paper discusses several techniques for scrutinizing and eliciting covert behavior of applications at run-time. The procedures presented herein are demonstrated in the context of several specific scenarios, and can be generalized to the more general-purpose exploration of software behavior.
Year of Submission
2012
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Computer Science
First Advisor
Paul Gray
Second Advisor
John McCormick
Third Advisor
Eugene Wallingford
Date Original
2012
Object Description
1 PDF file (42 leaves)
Copyright
©2012 Zhen Huo
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Huo, Zhen, "Analysis of Covert Software Behavior" (2012). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 3009.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/3009
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