Computer-implemented method and system for embedding ancillary information into the header of a digitally signed executable
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying a digital signature block and a digital signature size block in a digitally signed file header;
modifying a digital signature size value in the digital signature size block, the modified value corresponding to the size of the digital signature block plus the length of an ancillary data block plus a pre-determined pad; and
appending the ancillary data block to the end of the digital signature block.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system for embedding ancillary information into the header of a digitally signed executable are disclosed. The method and system include identifying a digital signature block and a digital signature size block in a digitally signed file header, modifying a digital signature size value in the digital signature size block, the modified value corresponding to the size of the digital signature block plus the length of an ancillary data block plus a pre-determined pad, storing the modified digital signature size in the digital signature size block, and appending the ancillary data block to the end of the digital signature block.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying a digital signature block and a digital signature size block in a digitally signed file header;
modifying a digital signature size value in the digital signature size block, the modified value corresponding to the size of the digital signature block plus the length of an ancillary data block plus a pre-determined pad; and
appending the ancillary data block to the end of the digital signature block. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 25)
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11. An article of manufacture embodied as a machine-accessible medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a digital signature block and a digital signature size block in a digitally signed file header;
modifying a digital signature size value in the digital signature size block, the modified value corresponding to the size of the digital signature block plus the length of an ancillary data block plus a pre-determined pad; and
appending the ancillary data block to the end of the digital signature block. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26)
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21. A method comprising:
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identifying the CRC block in a digitally signed file header;
storing ancillary data associated with an index; and
modifying the CRC block in the digitally signed file header with the index value to retrieve ancillary data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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