Patent ID: 8667584
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to: identify downgrader code in application code, wherein the downgrader code is a portion of code in the application code that operates on an information flow of the application code to ensure confidentiality of information input to the downgrader code, in the output of the downgrader code; determining if the one or more processes of the downgrader code violate the one or more security guidelines, at least by evaluating the one or more processes of the downgrader code against one or more security guidelines; generate a notification in response to the evaluation indicating that the one or more processes of the downgrader code violate the one or more security guidelines; and output the notification.