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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Amir Herzberg, Bronx, NY (US);
Hugo Mario Krawczyk, Bronx, NY (US);
Shay Kutten, Rockaway, NJ (US);
An Van Le, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen Michael Matyas, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Marcel Mordechay Yung, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395186 ; 380-4 ;
Abstract
A method and system for detecting authorized programs within a data processing system. The present invention creates a validation structure for validating a program. The validation structure is embedded in the program and in response to an initiation of the program, a determination is made as to whether the program is an authorized program. The determination is made using the validation structure.