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ACMSE
2007
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Change propagations in the maintenance of kernel-based software with a study on Linux
As a software system evolves to accommodate new features and repair bugs, changes are needed. Software components are interdependent, changes made to one component can require cha...
Liguo Yu, Srini Ramaswamy
EUROCRYPT
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Cryptography in Theory and Practice: The Case of Encryption in IPsec
Abstract. This paper studies the gaps that exist between cryptography as studied in theory, as defined in standards, as implemented by software engineers, and as actually consumed ...
Kenneth G. Paterson, Arnold K. L. Yau
COMSWARE
2006
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
A measurement study of the Linux TCP/IP stack performance and scalability on SMP systems
The performance of the protocol stack implementation of an operating system can greatly impact the performance of networked applications that run on it. In this paper, we present a...
Shourya P. Bhattacharya, Varsha Apte
ISESE
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Cloning by accident: an empirical study of source code cloning across software systems
One of the key goals of open source development is the sharing of knowledge, experience, and solutions that pertain to a software system and its problem domain. Source code clonin...
Raihan Al-Ekram, Cory Kapser, Richard C. Holt, Mic...
SCAM
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
A Framework for Studying Clones In Large Software Systems
Clones are code segments that have been created by copying-and-pasting from other code segments. Clones occur often in large software systems. It is reported that 5 to 50% of the ...
Zhen Ming Jiang, Ahmed E. Hassan