Other resources

Writing only one chapter on binary protection is not nearly comprehensive enough on its own to teach you all about this one subject. The other chapters in this book complement each other, however; when combined together, they will help you get to deeper levels of understanding. There are many good resources on this subject, some of which have already been mentioned.

One resource in particular, written by Andrew Griffith, is highly recommended for reading. This paper was written over a decade ago but describes many of the techniques and practices that are still very pertinent to the binary protectors of today:

http://www.bitlackeys.org/resources/binary_protection_schemes.pdf

This paper was followed by a talk given at a later date, ...

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