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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Applicants:
George Herbert Stahl, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Malcolm Lockhart, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
George Herbert Stahl, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Malcolm Lockhart, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods consistent with the present invention ensure software integrity by associating each software component to be included in a federation with a distinct unique identifier. A subset of the identifiers corresponding to any two software components should match for the federation to be accepted.