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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
Micro Focus Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Douglas Max Grover, Rigby, ID (US);
Michael F. Angelo, Houston, TX (US);
Micro Focus LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One or more unused locations in a software image are identified. An example of a software image may be a container image or virtual machine image. An unused location may be a location where padding is used in the software image. A first watermark is placed in the one or more unused locations to produce a watermarked software image. A request is received to load the watermarked software image. In response to receiving the request to load the watermarked software image, a second watermark is generated using the one or more unused locations in the watermarked software image and the second watermark is then compared to the first watermark. In response to the first watermark matching the second watermark, the software image is loaded. In response to the first watermark not matching the second watermark, the software image is not loaded.
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