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What is a Patent for A distributed ledger provides the traceability of digital assets and provides assurance
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The application is related to computing, and more specifically, to software and methods of tracing digital assets and for implementing quality control in a networked computing environment.
Many highly demanding applications employ systems and methods to trace digital assets like copywritten music, videos or software applications. In order to prevent or limit the impact of attacks that are malicious to the cyberspace, such as ransomware, for enforcement of software Intellectual Property rights, identifying software owners, and facilitating the updating of software. These applications typically require efficient ways of tracking and tracking the origin of digital assets.
Industries and businesses that are security conscious (e.g., intelligence services, healthcare, finance and healthcare, etc.) generally require effective, accurate and almost tamper-proof methods for tracking or tracing digital assets. Effective mechanisms can enable organizations to readily ascertain responsibility (e.g. for malware-related attacks) and to thereby mitigate the risk of liability. Digital asset traceability could be important for protecting and enforce intellectual property rights,e.g. software copyrights. But, it’s difficult to locate robust and reliable digital asset traceability , as in addition to other preventative security or traceability tools.
Typically, to monitor and track digital assets, organisations, e.g., companies government, universities, etc. depend on adjusting central control systems (e.g. apps stores) that control a specific computing environment. For instance, to protect against malware, such centralized control systems can be equipped with additional security features, e.g., anti-malware software, etc.
These security measures are often placed in place only following security breaches, such as an attack of zero-day duration on malware, have taken place. Generally, organizations using such centralized systems must often rely upon customer trust.Accordingly, breaches of the trust, such as when a threat is triggered by an attack from malware, can be particularly problematic; not only for the users however, for the company that could lose customers.
An example embodiment discloses the system and method for improving software quality control and tracing in an environment of networked computing, in part by employing repository for source code as well as compiled binary files, which have been (or could be) registered, by using cryptographic hashes of the files within a distributed ledger e.g. an blockchain. The historical record of the ledger distributed (i.e. entries that have already been committed to the ledger) can be updated and readfrom however, it is not easily altered by a particular participant system. records are blocks that hold binary hashes, or source code hashes. They also contain the time stamp as well as the software version.
A binary file can be traced back to its source code using its version number and/or its time stamp as recorded within the . The registration of source code and the associated hashes are also computed using a fingerprint of the source code in conjunction with a unique identifier for the workstation. For example it could be a Central Processing Unit ID (CPU) is the address of the machine from which the sourcecode was generated (or transferred to a repository), the Media Access Control Address (MAC) or the User ID.
You can use the stored hashes for both source code as well as associated binary files to confirm that the source code files and binary images have not been modified and to identify and verify the author and workstation responsible for the associatedsoftware version.
Additionally, a variety of other capabilities can be derived from the using the blockchain and associated functionality of the nodes, as described herein. For example, mechanisms to facilitate digital asset version control, tracing, monitoring,and notifications; code release sequence; IP protection; software bug tracing, alerts, and mitigation of malware attacks; detection as well as mitigation; quality assurance source-code filtering detection by the customer of file corruption in binary files or alteration; component nesting tracking; production server flagging of non-registered code etc., are all easily implemented by using the blockchain and accompanying systems and techniques described herein.
Additionally, clients systems (e.g., consumer systems) and associated customers can now readily verify the integrity of a downloaded binary file before installing the software, e.g., by comparing a hash of the downloaded binary file with the hash that is that is registered on the blockchain. Cloud service providers will also be able to verify that binary files (or any other files) being delivered to a production server have not been altered. This could be done by comparing the hash of the binary file that you transmit to the production server with the hash of the binary file in the .
Another method to facilitate digital asset traceability within an ecosystem of networked computing is to determine a request for digital asset registration; compute a first hash from an initialsourcefile for the asset; ascertain the version and choose one or more nodes within a distributed ledger to sign the first hash, in conjunction with aversion of digital asset corresponding with the version. Convert the source file to a binary file to create an binary version. Then commit the second hash in conjunction with the version to the distributed
Another approach is creating an source code file, saving the source code file in a repository placing a hash file of the source code file within a blockchain and compiling the source code file to create a binary file (also simply called the”binary” in this case) and storing a hash of the binary file within a block of the blockchain; and distributing the binary file to ensure that the participants can access the distributed ledger to identify the origin of the source code used in creating the binary file.
Distributed ledger technology for instance Blockchain technology, or any other suitable trusted database, can be used to trace computer program from a source to a binary using the . This will allow the control of version control for digital assets and sequencing of code releases, IP protection, code bug tracing and mitigation, prevention of malware attacks monitoring, mitigation of, etc. to flow seamlessly.
Different versions provide an apparatus, method, or system that permits source code to be connected to an unicode. This ensures the source of the binary, as well as it being traceable back to the source code that created it.
A further comprehension of the nature of and advantages of certain embodiments described in this specification can be gained by reading the remaining sections of the specification as well as the attached drawings.
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