Patent ID: 8140809
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of masking data, the data being in a set of computer instructions stored in computer readable memory, using a processor coupled to the computer readable memory, the method comprising the acts of: providing a first table of data in a first portion of the computer readable memory, wherein the first table has a length and an allocation in the first portion of the computer readable memory; the processor detecting a pointer to a location in the first table in the set of computer instructions; the processor modifying the detected pointer in the set of computer instructions, so the detected pointer is modified by a transformation function; storing the modified pointer in an entry in a second table in a second portion of the computer readable memory, the entry including the allocation and length of the first table; and storing the set of computer instructions and the second table in a third portion of the computer readable memory.