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Empirical Assessment of the Code Comprehension Effort Needed to Attack Programs Protected with Obfuscation

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Main Authors:	Regano, Leonardo, Canavese, Daniele, Basile, Cataldo, Torchiano, Marco
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Cryptography and Security
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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