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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Walter Clark Milliken, Dover, NH (US);
Walter Clark Milliken, Dover, NH (US);
Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method () and program () for inhibiting attack upon a computer () is provided. The address () of a process () is produced (), and encrypted () to produce an encrypted address (), which is then stored in memory (). When needed, the encrypted address () is retrieved () from memory () and decrypted () to reproduce the original process address (). The reproduced process address () is then verified (). If the process address () is determined () to be valid, i.e., there was no attack, then the process address () is placed () in the program counter (), and a valid process () is executed. If the process address () is determined () to be invalid, i.e., there was an attack, then the address () of a crash and terminate process () is placed () in the program counter () and the computer () crashes. A nonce value () may be generated () and encrypted () and decrypted () in conjunction with the process address (). The nonce value () may then be verified () independently, thereby increasing security.