Method and apparatus for software integrity protection using timed executable agents

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for evaluating the security of at least one client. An executable program is executed by the client being evaluated. A result is received from the executable program and an evaluation of the result indicates whether the client has been corrupted. The executable program is one of a plurality of possible programs. The result may be evaluated based on an elapsed time between when the executable program is provided to the client and when the result is received. The executable program may include at least one function that writes to a memory of the client. A program blinding technique is also disclosed to generate executable programs.