Binary analysis and automated hot patching for Web-based applications

Hai Huang; Wei Tek Tsai; Yinong Chen

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2006.06.004

Binary analysis and automated hot patching for Web-based applications

Hai Huang, Wei Tek Tsai, Yinong Chen

Computing and Augmented Intelligence, School of (IAFSE-SCAI)

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Abstract

Patching technologies are commonly applied to improve the dependability of software after release. This paper reports the design of an automated hot patching (AHP) framework that fully automates reasoning for the causes of failures and patching the binary code of Web-based applications. AHP admits the hardness for rooting out all faults before product release, and autonomously patches problems of application programs. By directly operating on binary code, AHP is universal to virtually all applications. A promising application of AHP is to shortcut a function of the remote maintenance center (RMC) and hence to reduce the turn around time for patches.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1148-1158
Number of pages	11
Journal	Information and Software Technology
Volume	48
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2006.06.004
State	Published - Dec 2006

Keywords

Binary code instrumentation
Patching
Reasoning

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Software
Information Systems
Computer Science Applications

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