• DocumentCode
    2298228
  • Title

    Differential Compression of Executable Code

  • Author

    Motta, Giovanni ; Gustafson, James ; Chen, Samson

  • Author_Institution
    Bitfone Corp., Laguna Niguel, CA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    27-29 March 2007
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    A platform-independent algorithm to compress file differences is presented here. Since most file updates consist of software updates and security patches, particular attention is dedicated to making this algorithm suitable to efficient compression of differences between executable files. This algorithm is designed so that its low-complexity decoder can be used in mobile and embedded devices. Compression is compared with several existing methods on a common test suite
  • Keywords
    codes; data compression; embedded device; executable code; file differential compression; file updates; low-complexity decoder; mobile device; platform-independent algorithm; security patches; software updates; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Data security; Decoding; Embedded software; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Software algorithms; Testing; Wearable computers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Data Compression Conference, 2007. DCC '07
  • Conference_Location
    Snowbird, UT
  • ISSN
    1068-0314
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2791-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DCC.2007.32
  • Filename
    4148749